1977 Motobecane Grand Jubile

By jguerry on 02/09/2009. Bike tags: Road bike | motobecane | vintage | vitus

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Frame / Size / Year:
Vitus

Crankset / Bottom Bracket:
Stronglight 99 factory drilled

Saddle / Seat Post:
Brooks Flyer

Notes:

This bike was super cheap, so to set it up for hills I splurged on the Stronglight crank from France and retapped the pedal threads English. Works well, the chain will drag the front derailler unless your in a big rear cog, but if your using the granny you should be in a big rear cog.

People who friended this bike stevieg, mastronaut, sibkis

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Double or triple-chainring?

Submitted by eaglerock on 08/02/2009.

It almost looks like a cyclotouriste gearing. The Stronglight 99 is like the TA Pro V bis; you can do a "half-step plus granny" gearing - something like 52/48/32, which gets you a lot of variation in cruising gears, with a set of really low bailout gears. But drillium's wicked cool...

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Yeah its a triple

Submitted by jguerry on 08/09/2009.

With 52/42/34 on it. I ride my roadbikes in west st. louis county on some super steep hills so I really need low gearing.

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1977 Motobecane Grand Jubile

Double or triple-chainring?

Yeah its a triple

nice bike; hello horse!