Originally Posted by randyjawa

First, though I do not have one at the moment, I am a fan of vintage French bicycles, having owned, restored and ridden Peugeot, Jeunet, Motobecane, LeJeune and... My favorite had to be either my Peugeot PX10...


Or my Motobecane Grand Jubilee...


As for this comment - "A lot of people tend to get irrationally upset about the shortcomings of French components." There is nothing irrational about being upset with this sort of thing...