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Old 12-07-15 | 02:40 PM
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Salamandrine
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Originally Posted by CV-6
Not necessarily. Could be early 80s high end. Some of them were built with Columbus, feature the crown we see and the scalloped seat stay caps. More photos are in order.
They went to braze ons in 1978. I remember this well, because I spent a lot of time ogling the catalog while saving paper route money for my first decent bike, which was a 78 Super Mirage. It had braze ons, while the neighbor kids 77 Grand Touring did not.

Anyhow, the Team Champion that year was made with Columbus tubing and Huret ends. So that's a good bet. IIRC a couple years later they were still columbus but they spec'd them with Campy ends.
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