Yes, strange indeed. I know they were made in England and they actually had a team race them in the tdf. There is a guy in Reno that has one and has had it on cr forever at 950.00. His has a different fork and all 105 parts. Mine says limited first edition....which means they probably made alot of them. Most of them are probably still in Europe..not too sure who imported them to the states and if many were, in fact, imported here. Still....fun and a novelty.