During the spring of 1975 I saved enough money to buy a Motobecane Grand Touring. It was the most beautiful deep candy red I’d ever seen. I was friends with the shop owner who gave me parts to remove the safety levers. Before summers end I added Suntour Bar End shifters, bought 2 Cannondale bags to tour with and rode my first century. A couple years later I sold it to a neighbor and regretted it ever since.