More power to you !! 110 miles in 4 days with hills all around and in the Texas heat !

The best part is "looking for a new one", you wore the bike out not the other way around !! :notworthy:

The most ironic thing I seen in the article was about Raleigh. Originally made in the U.K. bought by a U.S. company and now built in Asia.

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In college, I owned a Motobecane Super Mirage. Didn't see it on the list.

It was(is) a french bike...loved to try to say it with a french accent. :rolleyes:

Some guy with a shed in the back sold these bikes and built them to your specs while you waited! He measured my inseam and had me select a desired frame color of the correct size, them proceeded to have me pick our derrailleurs, rims, chain type, tires, seat, handlebars, etc...and I wasn't a bike nut, so my roomate helped with some of the decisions.

I would guess that aside from the frame, the components were Asian-made...

The only notable bike I have ever owned was a Maserati Racing 10 speed I won at a local sporing goods store in the late 70's. It was very tall and had snap on wheels.

The Chinese should be able to build a bike. Maybe not a Motobecane, Fortyonesixty or Cannondale but they can build a bike. Afterall, there's only about 20 million bikes in Beijing alone.

Bakfiets!!! I love those things. Check out this pic...there are at least three dogs on this box bike.

BTW, this was taken on Overtoom in Amsterdam.

Not so many hills on these rides, but yah, we got the heat thing going pretty good this year.

I have one of these I bought in 1984, still hanging up in my garage (unused in 10 years). It has all French components, IIRC

I got a frame off of nashbar and built it myself from mainly imported components. I guess its made right here in town then!

I used to ride my bike a lot more back in the day and I would probably never go crazy and buy a 'real' bike. In the future when I get an SUV i'm going to go out a lot more to enclosed areas or trails where I can ride without fear of being run over on the street.....

I have some US bikes in the stable. A Marin, a Cannondale Lefty, a Cannondale Fatty, a Trek. Taiwan made frames include Two Surly LHT's, a Surly Big Dummy, a Mini Fuji road bike, mid 70's Specialized Rockhopper. An older Trek 720 also made in USA.

Love my bike.


It gets used more then my car in the summer since it is my "daily driver" to work :D

Ditto! Except right now it is 95 degrees so its in my livingroom enjoying the AC :D while my 300e is taking the brunt. Also moved to a narrow twisty dangerous street so I'm pretty leery riding down it to our rec trails, especially since one of my good friends' mother was killed riding on a similar road when I was in high school.

Heat? Oh yeah! We're 200 mi south of you and the heat index was something like 110F yesterday. Last week, Thing One was beating on me the to start riding again...no way in this heat. I'd be a friggin' greasy spot on the road.

I have a 2001 Lemond Buenos Aires. It's a great bike! I have a very short 10 minute ride to work, but having a decent bike makes the commute a real pleasure. My bike has a "handmade in the usa" sticker on it, but I'm sure a bunch of the components are imported. Whatever.

I don't have a real good picture of it, but here's a lovely stock photo-just 'cuz pictures are nice.

http://www.climbtrees.com/wp-content...ires-bikes.jpg

Whats with the lack of spokes ? Weight reduction ? does it have any affect on handling ?

Nice bike .