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Motob\u00e9cane was a very popular bicycle and moped brand from France that went bankrupt in 1984 and was bought by Yamaha. With the acquisition, the name was changed from Motob\u00e9cane to MBK.
Motob\u00e9cane sponsored, among other things, the popular cycling team BIC from 1969 to 1974, with which Jacques Anquetil rode in the last years of his career. The Dutchman Jan Janssen was also part of this team. <\/p>\n
Afterwards, the professional teams La Redoute Motob\u00e9cane also rode Motob\u00e9cane bicycles, the Lotto Super Club in 1990 and the Cofidis team of Frank Vandenbroucke on MBK bicycles.<\/p>\n
Mass production of the sporty models<\/strong><\/h2>\nLike the Peugeot bikes, these racing bikes were made in large numbers with popular, inexpensive components. Ideal for the amateur or sporty cyclist, but not comparable to the professional racing bikes that the professional team La redoute Motob\u00e9cane rode at the end of the 1970s.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nThis racing bike is a mix of components: Maillard, Weinmann, Ava, San Marco, ... The frame is built with the very popular Reynolds 531 tubes that guaranteed a very good price - quality ratio.<\/p>\n
Striking is the typical bar tape that consists of practically 1 piece and on which Motob\u00e9cane had a patent in collaboration with Hutchinson. Also note the Ava stem which was not full but with a cut. Whether this is for aesthetic reasons is not clear to me, but I do know that the stem was a weak point there and caused many fractures.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nMotob\u00e9cane was also known, just like Peugeot, to put its name on parts such as the crankset, seatpost, front fork, ... This is also the case with this model.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nBelow you will find the list of components<\/p>\n\n\n
Components<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n- frame:<\/strong> built with Reynolds 531 tubes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Brake levers <\/strong>Weinmann 500<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Brake calipers<\/strong> Weinmann 500<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Levers <\/strong>Sachs Huret<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Front Derailleur: <\/strong>Sachs Huret<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Rear derailleur:<\/strong> Sachs Huret<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Pedals<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Stem:<\/strong> AVA<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Handlebar:<\/strong> AVA<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Quick release:<\/strong> Atom Maillard<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Saddle:<\/strong> San Marco Frecciadoro<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Wheels and hubs:<\/strong> Record rims with Atom Maillard hubs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Below you will find some more pictures of the Motob\u00e9cane<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.vintagefiets.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Motobecane-C4-02.jpg\")
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<\/a><\/p>\nThis racing bike is a mix of components: Maillard, Weinmann, Ava, San Marco, ... The frame is built with the very popular Reynolds 531 tubes that guaranteed a very good price - quality ratio.<\/p>\n
Striking is the typical bar tape that consists of practically 1 piece and on which Motob\u00e9cane had a patent in collaboration with Hutchinson. Also note the Ava stem which was not full but with a cut. Whether this is for aesthetic reasons is not clear to me, but I do know that the stem was a weak point there and caused many fractures.<\/p>\n
Motob\u00e9cane was also known, just like Peugeot, to put its name on parts such as the crankset, seatpost, front fork, ... This is also the case with this model.<\/p>\n Below you will find the list of components<\/p>\n\n\n Below you will find some more pictures of the Motob\u00e9cane<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The racing bike in the spotlight this time is a French Motob\u00e9cane model C4 from the late 1970s<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[754,652,651,111,476,112,529],"class_list":["post-5236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vintagefietsen-verzamelaars","tag-franse-fietsmerken","tag-mbk","tag-motobecane","tag-retro-fietsen","tag-stalen-racefiets","tag-vintage-fietsen","tag-vintage-racefiets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagefiets.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagefiets.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagefiets.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagefiets.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagefiets.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5236"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagefiets.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5243,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagefiets.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5236\/revisions\/5243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagefiets.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagefiets.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagefiets.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagefiets.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nComponents<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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