Hi Everyone

I just picked up a bike that I am fixing up as a commute bike - steel frame. It is has "MBK Trainer", on the downtube and the style of the font suggests to me 1980's. It has no badge on the head tube but MBK printed? on. The breaks are Weinman and when I dismantled them to give them a clean, it has TYPE 500 imprinted on the back. They are side pull breaks. The front and rear deraileur are Sachs Hurets and the cranks that are on it are made by Thun (German I think). The handlebar has this reasonably thick rubber grip on it- its a little weird. The rubber has fake stitching as if to imitate a leather cover. Also on the rubber grip is "BREV MOTOBECANE" and directly underneath that is "FAB HUTCHINSON " - as below.


BREV MOTOBECANE
FAB HUTCHINSON

Were MBK bikes any good? I paid $90 Aud for it. I will only need to replace the cables and break pads pop a new seat and have a look at fixing or replacing the BB as the cranks dont spin freely. Other than that, It just needed a good clean. Interested to know any details that anyone has about MBK. I can pop some pics on tomorrow if it helps.

Thanks in advance everyone- Have a good day aswell