Hey guys, I recently picked up an 70's Motobecane and need a bit of help figuring it out. I know nothing about them but figured you guys might. It's a silver frame and fork (no chrome) with fairly basic looking lugs. It's got a 'Le Champion' decal on the top tube and is made from Vitus 172 tubing. Also the number 75 is stamped into the front of the seat tube cluster. I figured it would be easy enough to date but I can't find reference to the 'le champion' range being built from vitus 172 and most appear to have chrome fork ends. Also it's still got it's original parts including huret eco rear mech and weinmann brakes. Not stuff usually found on the champions.



Could this be an earlier frame that a shop had lying around (75 maybe?) built up with low/mid range stuff because I know the huret eco wasn't introduced until 76. Cheers lads.