I am really enjoying owning this Mach 1200 Gitane bike and was considering one day chucking on some really good gear on it one day, even if its just an improvement on the brakes.
How much of this thought is insanity from my part, or are there others out there that like to make a wolf with sheeps clothing sort of thing. I was thinking of sourcing out some nice Ultegra parts, eventually it would be a good opportunity for me to upgrade it to a 10 speed from the original 8.
The bike weighs around 10kg or so which isn't the lightest around but i've got quite attached to this bike considering it was likely to be on the way to the tip.
I also had a question regarding cheap Bottom Brackets, I didn't know what I was looking for originally and ended up buying a Venzo Bottom bracket for $10, has anyone had a cheaper Bottom Bracket fail on them? Quality wise it still seems fine and I don't think they could sell them if the main shaft would snap (even though I am worried about that haha)
I wonder if I could pull most of the bits I needed from the Kestrel bike and then sell just the frame?
SOOO excited
