I am a Dutchman, and when I bought a Gary Fisher Zebrano at a local thrift store in The Hague for €60, I had no idea who or what a Gary Fisher was, other than a cheap hybrid bike. I had just joined BF, did some Googling and read the stories about Marin County and Repack.
Ten years later, the Zebrano is still going strong at my office as my errand bike, and I am reading this thread. Cool.