Thursday, May 23, 2013

The Handsome French

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/bik/3789277878.html




One owner 1984 Motobecane Grand Touring

Frame is 63cm, 27" wheels, 10 speeds. All original except for new chain and tires. rides nice.

asking 275 obo.

Who doesn't love French bikes?  I haven't done a lot of research on them but it's my impression that the French didn't particularly care to make their high end and low end stuff look startingly different, which is a great commentary on the value of clean design but also plays hell in the secondary market.  That's why you see all those bogus PX-10's for sale.  It's got the wrong lugs and componants but the sticker says PX-10 and it's a black and white Peugot, good enough right? 
Anyway, for crappier componants $275 would be outrageous but Stronglight cranks, decent looking toe clips and pedals, a nice stem, leather saddle, what is probably a medium cage length rear derailleur (cant tell what brand exactly, maybe simplex but maybe shimano, s something anyway) and a nice looking drilled out I'm assuming Simplex front derailleur.  Love those fork crowns, why dont people make nice fork crowns anymore? As long as the bike was road worthy a really solid buy.  Please, save this from becoming some heathen fixie.

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