We have a new-ish younger guy (27) who has been riding with us on the Wednesday night ride. He has an aluminum Motobecan, maybe 2-4 years old. He bummed a CF fork off of me.

Last year we (older, seasoned racers and ex-racers) owned this kid. Now, he is kicking our asses every Wednesday! He is a cat 5 & also races for University of MD and this week kicked a Cat 2's butt up the last climb...

I know nothing about any 'sleazy marketing' but I do know that Motobecan's are just like of any number of Taiwan-manufacture frames...

And there is nothing wrong with them...