Just look at the new bikes for sale on ebay! Dawes, Motebecane, etc. I met a guy out on a ride this summer on a fully decked out Motebecane with Dura-Ace. He loved it, but mainly for the price. Pretty standard aluminum frame and carbon fork, pick your group according to price. Craig Ryan Noblesville, IN
On 10/25/06 9:50 PM, "oroboyz@aol.com" <oroboyz@aol.com> wrote:
> << ...the current Merciers, which are Taiwan, or more probably
> China...(snip) ...I believe the same people now own the Mercier and
> Motobecane names. >>
>
> Yes, also for sure, Windsor....and maybe Tommaso?
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> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net
> To: johnb@oxford.net; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 4:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Mercier bikes
>
> The answer may be obvious to those of us who were riding In The Day,
> but if one
> got into bikes more recently, one may only be familiar with the current
> Merciers, which are Taiwan, or more probably China, TIG welded crap. I
> believe
> the same people now own the Mercier and Motobecane names. I've heard
> this may
> include some of those involved with the infamous World Cycles in the
> early 90's.
> Neither marque any longer has even the slightest connection to its
> French roots.
> Make us Francophiles shudder to see two once proud names prostituted in
> this
> manner.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Republic of Texas
>
>
> John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net> wrote:
> At 12:51 PM 10/25/06 -0400, David Stern wrote:
>> Does anyone know if Mercier made a quality bike? I am seeing one in my
>> size.
>
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com/
>
> John Betmanis
> Woodstock, Ontario
> Canada
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