Originally Posted by
idiq
All of those brands, Mercier, Motobecane, Dawes, etc... are not related to the 70s/80s brands. Yes, they are junk bikes. No, they do not have tight track geometry. It's a road frame with horizontal dropouts.
Huh? The guy has a 70s Motobecane conversion. While the kilo, pake et al. may not be 74/74 steep the angles are pretty close, especially compared to a french bike boom bike. I also fail to see how a double butted 4130 tig-welded frame is 'junk', especially compared to a hi-ten lugged frame that's 20+ years old. Or is every bike make in Taiwan now officially 'junk' and I missed the memo?