New to me Motobecane Le Champion:
Took it for a 26 mile spin today--- with just-glued Veloflex tubulars.
Bike came with an interesting hodge-podge of parts: Campy NR drivetrain from '71-ish, early Dura-Ace brakes, and what looks like an early Campagnolo Chorus crank. Thought these came with Stronglight cranks and other French bits. Guess this is kind of a French-Italian-Japanese fusion bike.... I made it even more confused by replacing the Campy NR front derailleur (cable fixing bolt was kind of stripped) with a Suntour VX.
But it sure rides nicely.... the handlebars are interesting, some kind of super short-reach, deep drop bar, with the drops sweeping WAY back towards the rider. Plus the weird Spenco gel grips from the 70's--- I keep wanting to take these off to put on some basic Cinelli cork, but somehow I can't bring myself to disrupt the 70's era weirdness of this bike....
Old bikes are fun, and actually go pretty fast....