Originally Posted by
cb400bill
I think that you would easily find on this forum many thread about the wonderful bikes from Motobecane, Moser, Gitane, Stella, Peugeot, Rene Herse, Singer, Follis, Mercier to name just a few.
Do some digging.
Sorry for being late to the party but why did you include Moser in the list? I am assuming you mean F Moser who started building (and is still there) in Trento Italy.
As for the OP I think he just has had bad experiences as anyone can have with any XYZ product. I have had bad French bikes as well as from other countries. The coolest bike I have (to me) is actually a Mercier Formule 1 with all steel oval aero tubing and crazy purple flake paint.