Gitane Track

Hunt one out on ebay?
If not I have a nice all chrome pair of Zeus Pista forks for sale...

How much? is it drilled? and whats the clearence like?

Finding a fitting headset is proving very difficult, ebay only throw up 1 or 2 that are in the UK and none of them are going to be sub £50...

Very tight clearances, with a 23 about 3-5mm... you wont get a 25 in... 25 quid forum price!

Personally I'd go for the headset option, it'll be worth the hassle and expense...

Id love to go with the headset option but i need a stack height of 37mm max, the campag ones are all 39mm, velo oranges offerings are 41mm

having a porn dilema

Hmmm.... can you not get away with having it slightly too short? As in not all the way through the locknut- it'll still be fine.

Also bin off and spacers between locknut and top race/cup thing?

Will go get a second opinion from LMNH or somewhere today then... if not i may well take those forks

Chrome and blue will still look good

Heard no good or bad news from LMNH after dropping it off yesterday, hopefully a good sign... will find out in an hour or so

Dude, 37mm is easy to find! Check Velobase, on there you can see a lot of stack heights. Dura Ace 7410 is 37mm I believe.

In a french thread?

Also, its bad news, just too short,

guy at LMNH is keeping hold of it and is going to try track me down a headset and see what he can find

Much appreciated!

Oh damn, I'm sorry, didn't read you needed a French thread. Will ask at my work for you ;).

Thanks sir!

Highway ones are back in stock at SJS, i bought some last week.

So, sanding down the stem has worked a treat, my arm kills but its pretty much there, will finish tomorrow.

wheels fit fine and secure only 10 mins with a file on the axle, was a tiny amount needed to slide them on

Waiting for a seatpost to arrive from france and i need to get down to micycle to fit the headset..

If you require a french sized quill stem i have one just incase.

What clamp and lenth jd?

What clamp and lenth jd?

Clamp is 25.4 and length is either 80 or 90mm can double check.
And the steerer size is 22.0 as opposed to 22.2
I had the same problem building a French track bike!

How much JD i think il take that..!

How much JD i think il take that..!

£8 plus postage if you can't collect or it will be in my parts box tomorrow at LMNH if your local.

Will deffo take that cheers! not going to make it down this morning did bridges last night so tired, but i work around old street area if your not far from there

Not looking great, LMNH are having trouble finding one, still trying

rogan, what taper is ur BB? i got a french frame too, normally a 109 would give me perfect chainline, atm, i got a 115 and im a 3-4 mill out, and my cranks are iso
lemme know if your BB is good, and i'll prob order one too

Ive got a 107 JIS, velo orange, they only make JIS unfortunately!

so im guessing ur a couple mil out ?

I dont know.. its not built yet ;)

In theory it should be perfect though, although im using shimano road cranks (JIS) with a track ring on the outer