Originally Posted by
Charles Wahl
I doubt that a Team Champion (or, earlier, Champion Team) would have been produced with fender eyelets, a seatpost requiring a separate clamp, or turkey-wing brake levers. Are there any tubing decals (such as, on downtube just below the head tube)? Are the front and rear dropouts stamped Campagnolo? What does the frame weigh, bare except for pressed-on fork/headtube races?
This was the guys description (I havn't recived the frame/fork/handlebars/leavers yet):
"MOTOBECANE RACING BIKE FRAME 24 1/2" FORKS AND BARS
MADE FROM 1020 TUBING HI-RESILIENCY ALLOY STEEL GOOGLE SEARCH
IT MADE IN EARLY 1970S WOULD MAKE A GREAT FIXIE
ASLO WITH FRAME IS SEATPOST ORIGINAL BARS WEINMANN
LEVERS STEM AND BAR TAPE WHICH IS SOLID PLASTIC STICHED ON
LOVERLY PAINT FINISH STILL VERY GOOD
WOULD MAKE GREAT FIXIE MUDGUARD EYE AND SLIDING DROPOUTS
VERY GOOD OVERALL CONDITION STICKERS LOOK GOOD I WAS
GOING TO BUILT INTO SINGLESPEED BUT NOT HAD TIME
NO DENTS A SMALL AMOUNT OF RUST
COMES WITH BB AND HEADSET BUT WILL NEED
REPLACING OR REBUILDING
SEE PICTURES FOR CONDITION"
The seller obviously has little knowledge but an eye for asethics
To be honest I am chancing it - either way the frame is in good condition and ive paid a normal price for the frame/ or got an amazing deal if it is a high end one.
ps. could i fit 700c wheels onto this?