Thanks juvela, that makes sense. I've seen motobecanes with the same tubing badge. I am literally having no end of fun with this bike. I'm not joking when I say I've fallen in love with it. I think I'm going to narrow my collecting to low end French bikes because I'm having more fun with this $60 bike than I've had with some I've spent ten times as much on. I'm going to look for a date stamp on the Brooks as soon as the kids are asleep. The blue doesn't look like paint, it looks anodized, but I may be wrong.