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what is your feeling about that?
It has been common practice since before the bicycle was invented, and an inevitable result of the division of labour. The first costermonger who become known for the quality of his apples regardless of which orchard had furnished them had established a retail brand.
Most likely just bike shop decals applied to a factory made frame.