Hello bikeforumers!

I'm really new to this community (this is my first post!), but I hope that someone here can help me ID this bike I just picked up from my dad. First, I must admit that I know next to nothing about bikes (other than how to ride them), but I'm currently going to school in NYC and I thought I'd pick up a bike to help me get around in the city for errands and such. My dad has had this old motobecane in the garage at home for as long as I remember and I always thought it was a junky clunker, but after some research, it seems that it is actually quite a decent ride. I've searched this forum pretty extensively to see if I could find any info on it, but it looks quite different than most of the motobecane nomads that i've seen. here are some pics:





Some of the markings I found on the bike:
Seat: Mesinger (Made in the USA)
Rear brakes: Weinmann Type 730
Front breaks: Weinmann Type 500
Rear tire: cheng shin tire (?)
Front tire: hwa fong (?)
Rear shifter: allvit
Front shifter: hurel (?)

i have no idea what these mean and some of them were kind of hard to read from rust/wear. If anyone could provide any clues on when this was made or what I should expect from it, I'd greatly appreciate it. My dad picked it up as a gift in the 80's and unfortunately he can't remember much about it either.

Cheers!

Your bike appears to be a mid-70's model judging from the stem shifters, crank chainring guard and spoke protector. The Nomade was a lower-end model, roughly equivalent to perhaps a Peugeot UO-8 or AO-8. The tires are not original, however most of the rest probably is. This would make a good commuter or city bike. Clean it up, lube the bearings, chain and derailleurs. You might want to have the brakes checked for proper operation, and replace cables and brake pads.

I have that same bike...well most of what is left of it.

It dates from around 1972-1976. Mine is the same color. FWIW it originally came with drop bars. Mine has been rebuilt a few times over the years and the most of the original equipment has gone away. You will need to be careful with the bottom bracket it most likely is Swiss and parts are hard to find for it. It is a decent riding bike for what it is.

Aaron