Motobecane? Who? Huh???

Nate says:

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However, if I brake it, you can bet I'll post that experience...

Well, hopefully, the brakes will work.
Now if you were to _break_ it, that would indeed be news... ;-P

Steve

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Does anyone ride one?

I had a Nomad back in the 80's, put fenders and big baloon tires and a
moustaché handlebars and turned it into a offroad beater. great bike, loved
it.

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Just curious, since I ordered one, frame and fork combo. The price
was right, and it makes a good start for a really light race bike.

Ohh a NEW one????? Nope, sorry can't help you.

Nate said:

It looks as if Motobecane is making a move (or trying to) back into
the market here. Does anyone ride one?

Just curious, since I ordered one, frame and fork combo. The price
was right, and it makes a good start for a really light race bike.

However, if I brake it, you can bet I'll post that experience...

Nate

Rebadged Taiwan stuff. I don't think anything's the same other than the
name. Could be of decent quality... but lots of it is sold on eBay at
relatively cheap prices... an indication of not-so-good quality since the
cost of selling on eBay is quite high, meaning the prices that the seller
gets them at has to be pretty low, on the order of 60% of the price they
sell at. And we all know what low prices mean.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

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Nate said:

It looks as if Motobecane is making a move (or trying to) back into
the market here. Does anyone ride one?

Just curious, since I ordered one, frame and fork combo. The price
was right, and it makes a good start for a really light race bike.

However, if I brake it, you can bet I'll post that experience...

Nate

Rebadged Taiwan stuff. I don't think anything's the same other than the
name. Could be of decent quality... but lots of it is sold on eBay at
relatively cheap prices... an indication of not-so-good quality since the
cost of selling on eBay is quite high, meaning the prices that the seller
gets them at has to be pretty low, on the order of 60% of the price they
sell at. And we all know what low prices mean.

Yeah, the whole Taiwan thing concerns me. But I haven't seen any
mountain bikes (Motobecane) on ebay. The retail price on the full
bikes they offer is quite low to begin with, so I would imagine if I
did see it on ebay, it would also be quite cheap. The retail on the
Fly team with xtr components is $1600-$1700. Not too bad for a sub
20lb bike. _If the frame holds up_

Nate said:

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Nate said:

It looks as if Motobecane is making a move (or trying to) back into
the market here. Does anyone ride one?

Just curious, since I ordered one, frame and fork combo. The
price was right, and it makes a good start for a really light race
bike.

However, if I brake it, you can bet I'll post that experience...

Nate

Rebadged Taiwan stuff. I don't think anything's the same other than
the name. Could be of decent quality... but lots of it is sold on
eBay at relatively cheap prices... an indication of not-so-good
quality since the cost of selling on eBay is quite high, meaning the
prices that the seller gets them at has to be pretty low, on the
order of 60% of the price they sell at. And we all know what low
prices mean.

Yeah, the whole Taiwan thing concerns me. But I haven't seen any
mountain bikes (Motobecane) on ebay. The retail price on the full
bikes they offer is quite low to begin with, so I would imagine if I
did see it on ebay, it would also be quite cheap. The retail on the
Fly team with xtr components is $1600-$1700. Not too bad for a sub
20lb bike. _If the frame holds up_

The fact that it's Taiwanese isn't necessarily bad. All my bikes are made
in Taiwan, with the exception of my BMX, which is from China. No qualms
about frame strength on any of them, but they're all Giants with the
exception of the BMX.

The fact that nobody's heard of Motobecane coming back is what concerns you
and the fact that there's no local dealer. I'll probably have to guess that
you'll get what you pay for, but I personally wouldn't be worried about it.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

no but I seen a few of them in TDF

I MTB 2004

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Nate wrote:
> It looks as if Motobecane is making a move (or trying to) back into
> the market here. Does anyone ride one?

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The fact that it's Taiwanese isn't necessarily bad. All my bikes are made
in Taiwan, with the exception of my BMX, which is from China. No qualms
about frame strength on any of them, but they're all Giants with the
exception of the BMX.

The fact that nobody's heard of Motobecane coming back is what concerns you
and the fact that there's no local dealer. I'll probably have to guess that
you'll get what you pay for, but I personally wouldn't be worried about it.

Motobecane is big in France 🙂. But then, so are lightweight hardtails
in general.

If you care, Mountain Bike Action reviewed the X-Fly in the last year or
so. They liked the weight and the price, and said the bike was pretty
amazingly priced considering the components.

Taiwanese bikes are in the same state as Japanese bikes in the late
1970s: they're the bike-maker for the entire world, and make bike frames
ranging from department-store to top-end.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden] http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcola/
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

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Yeah, the whole Taiwan thing concerns me. But I haven't seen any
mountain bikes (Motobecane) on ebay. The retail price on the full
bikes they offer is quite low to begin with, so I would imagine if I
did see it on ebay, it would also be quite cheap. The retail on the
Fly team with xtr components is $1600-$1700. Not too bad for a sub
20lb bike. _If the frame holds up_

I have the 700ds and it's held up to abuse for a year. There's a dealer in
Florida I got mine from.