Welcome aboard, Michael!
I would urge you to use the CR archives and do a search on Motobecane.
Watching the Tour today I saw the MBK brand go by and was reminded how (IMO) sad it is to have that original identity given up (and licensed away to a Chinese cheap bike importer). Many of us have nostalgic memories of the Motobecane marque. I sold them in my shop and was quite fond of the bikes....
Cheers Dale
Dale Brown cycles de ORO, Inc. 1410 Mill Street Greensboro, North Carolina 27408 USA 336.274.5959 http://www.cyclesdeoro.com http://www.classicrendezvous.com
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Skolones <michael.skolones@gmail.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 8:13 pm Subject: [CR]Introducing myself
Hello all,? ?
I'm very pleased to find this list. I don't know much about classic?
lightweights, except that I couldn't afford a decent one back when they were?
new (I was riding a Huffy back then, and I thought I was on top of the world?
;-) ). Today I've become a bicycle commuter, and though I started to do?
this on recent (and cheap) mountain bikes, I'm gravitating towards old?
lugged-steel-frame road-style bikes. I picked up a Motobecane Nomade II, it?
seems to have been made in 1980 or so, according to the date stamps on the?
components. It has the 'High Tensile' French-made frame, SR Sakae crankset?
and stem, Maillard hubs, Suntour derailleurs and shifters, Dia-Compe brakes,?
Avocet saddle. It was a low-end bike in its day, but I'm fond of it?
nonetheless, and honestly, it's the most comfortable and responsive bike?
I've had for a while. This bike has inspired me to learn more about the?
older lightweights, and I'm interested to pick up something a bit more?
state-of-the-art for the day. I've bought a spare set of Araya alloy rims?
to replace the cheapo steel wheels that came on the bike, and I'll try?
building the wheels myself.? ?
Anyways, I did an archive search on 'Motobecane', and came up with something?
like 2500+ items. I haven't made it through much of those yet, so I'll be?
primarily a 'lurker'. But I can't resist the temptation to buy stuff from?
Ebay and attempt to *ahem* upgrade my bike...and there are a lot of oddities?
regarding what will fit with what, etc., so I hope to use this list as a?
resource.? ?
Thanks much,? ?
Mike Skolones?
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA? ?
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