Fortunately my '78 Team Champion takes a standard 22.2 mm stem. It does have a French threaded and a Fench threaded headset though.
Freek Faro Rotterdam Netherlands
2011/1/28 P.C. Kohler <kohl57@yahoo.com>
> "I compiled some pictures of Motobecane Team Champions from 1974 through =
>
> the early 1980s. Note: ONLY 3 OF THE BIKES ARE MINE... The rest I copied
> from the internet."
>
> http://www.flickr.com/
>
> Excellent Chas. and thanks, too, for the synopsis of this rather neglected
> but superb model. My '74 Moto Team Champion is one of my alltime favourites
> in ride (she's a 62cm c-c so perhaps another example of big bikes ride
> best?) and eye candy appeal. But I really want one of the early 80s models
> with those delicious late era Spidel components to compliment my '82 Peugeot
> Pro-10.
>
> But why, oh, why, was the "Team Champion" called that (always) when it was
> written "Champion Team" on the top tube up until the 1980s? Or is that
> another endearing Gallic inconsistency to go with trying to find 22.0
> Cinelli stems for these machines?
>
> Peter Kohler
> Washington DC USA