Interesting Motobecane Gran Tourismo

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/bik/3833073278.html
Motobecane Touring Bike - $575 (West Chester)

Just in time for summer time riding! Very Nice Motobecane Gran Tourismo Touring Bicycle. Built from high quality components for touring. Very nice riding bike for someone over 6 feet tall. Ritchey triple crank (24,36,46 tooth cranks, all original ritchey mountain bike) 175mm crank arms. Mavic 217 rims (great for touring and heavey loads) Suntour Superbe seat post. Avocet saddle. Tektro brake levers. Uno handle bar. Suntour Bar Con bar end Shifters. Shimano Deore DX front and rear derailleurs. Bike frame is set up to mount bag racks for touring. Stand over height 34"

$575 obo

I tend to make assumptions about people based on their bike ads.  I cant decide what this guy's deal is.  This is a newer frame probably bought somewhere like bikes direct but he's put older cranks and deraillers on it.  Part of me thinks he's good at fabricating decent bikes from new and new old stock products and selling them on, but the size and set up are so specific I think he might have built it for himself.  Usually I lean to the guy didn't get much use out of it, but the decisions seem to be made by an experienced rider with specific, if odd, tastes.  I appreciate odd tastes.

Good parts all around, older Deore stuff back when Deore was on the higher end production bikes.  Ritchey mountain bike cranks so probably very durable, fenders and fat marathon tires.  Frame is cro mo even though it looks aluminum. My own personal favorite brake levers, and bar ends which are my preferred shifter. You could probably ride this bike all day and not feel it in your back, which I suppose is the point.  If this was this guys personal ride I'd like to see his other bikes, if he built this up to sell I'd like to see his other projects.  Who knew Cincinnati would yield all the good craigslist bikes?

So worth it if you like this set up and are like 6'4, but you're paying for quality.