On Monday, Oct 21, 2002, at 10:33AM, goodrichbikes <goodrichbikes@netzero.net> wrote:
>My complaint with the new Motebecanes is that the historically Motebecane manufactured their bikes. >Now the name of Motebecane is owned by a marketing company. This is a troubling trend in the
>bicycle industry.
I agree that the trend is quite disturbing, but that's a topic for another list. I do think there may also be more people making a living today in the US building bikes than in the previous 80 years. With all that said I should ask the question that since the Motobecane Team Champion was actually farmed out, is it actually a Motobecane or just a piece of marketing? On a closer note is a Rivendell a Rivendell or a Curt Goodrich? enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives tries to look behind the hype in Santa Barbara, CA.