Jack Gabus wrote:
> Somebody explain to me what the difference is between
> the Team Champion and Le Champion besides the
> components when the put them together at the factory?
Well I'll take a swing at it - from memory, not to be considered reliable: Regular Champ had Reynolds tubing through its whole run. It had dropouts with eyelets, longer brake reach, and din't come in Bic orange.
Team had Columbus tubing later (though I see the '74 in the eBay auction was still Reynolds), dropouts were sharpened up (the rounded back edges were ground off leaving them more square), and the stay ends were chisel-shaped rather than Reynolds domes. Perhaps a shorter wheelbase and steeper angles too?
Talking about this auction:
http://ebay.com/
Does anyone think it will get even a single bid with such a high start, and such scraped up condition? The seatpost is too low (and not Campy), saddle and bar angles are ugly, and the stem is raised to an unsafe height - all easily fixed by the buyer, but a shame they weren't fixed by the seller, he'd get more money.
Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA