Should I be embarrassed...
...to ride my Motobecane Legacy Elite? I got into road cycling a couple of summers ago (was doing a lot of mountainbiking but liked the traveling aspect of road riding) and, at the recommendation of a friend, looked on Ebay and found the Motobecane. I knew the name from the past and another friend had bought one in the mid 1990s. Anyway, I've been riding it for a couple of years, along with a Specialized Sequoia Sport, and think it's a decent bike. It's full 105 (requires a lot less adjusting than the Sora equipped Sequoia), the Reynolds 520 Chromoly frame seems well made (alanbikehouston, the sticker reads "Taiwan," so it's made by FREE men toiling in a metal fabrication plant for low wages), and other components (wheels, fork) are highly regarded makes. Not that I was ripped off since the bike is well worth what I paid for it, but now that I know about the sleazy marketing/sales plan employed by the sellers of these bikes, I'm a little embarrassed by it. Should I be?