Originally Posted by
chado445510
BD owns Motobecane. They could make the MSRP $10,000, and still have it on sale at BD for $1,500. Basically, there is no truth to the MSRPs on Bikesdirect. It's the only place you can buy those bikes, so you bought your Le Champion for the MSRP. No deal, sorry.
Actually, they can be bought at Cycle Spectrum shops in Arizona, Florida, and Texas. Note that these shops are also owned by the same people (Mike and Courtney Spratt, I believe).