Hello Jean-Marie, Welcome to the CR list ... you are very welcome here! (But please be sure to sign off with your name, city or province, and country that you are posting from ... it is a firm list rule.)
Champion was a well known brand, in Stockholm, Sweden, and the proprietor was T. Lonnquist, according to decals on some of their frames. Most Champion frames that I have seen were made by Torpado, in Padova, Italy. Here is a photo I've posted to show an example of a Champion. If you think this is a correct identification and would like more information, I am glad to help, if I can.
http://www.wooljersey.com/
Also if correct, I'd like to ask you please for some photos, basic measurements, and a notation of the serial numbers found on the bike. Thanks...
Ciao, Mark Agree Southfield MI USA ~ ~ ~
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:48:32 +0100 From: Jean-Marie <jmbr@pt.lu> Subject: [CR] Hello to all To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Hello to all,
I am new here aswell as a newbe interested in vintage road bikes. It all started two years ago, at the age of 50. Several times I searched and found precious information on the classicrendezvous site. I have a small collection of bicycles that You may see here ( I hope the link works correctly):
http://www.flickr.com/
As You can see, there is one two bicycle ( maybe the Emrin aswell, although it is two years too young ) that fit concerning the interest of this community.
My name is Jean-Marie Biwer, I live in Luxembourg, Europe. I am married for 30 years and father of two grown up children. I hope I am welcome here. I might have some difficulties writing in English, I'll do my best.
Yesterday, I brought home a bicycle in bad shape, with a lot of parts that are not period-correct. I will post pics to flickr aswell in a couple of days. The bicycle - as far as I can say - originally is a 70ties machine. The decals are almost unreadable, still one can see : "Champion" ( I suppose it is the label) and "record" - must be the model. No material decal ( Reynolds or any other steel tubing indication). I first thought it was a low-level machine, but a friend from Germany who knows quite a bit thinks the frame is a well-build one. So if anyone has any information about "Cycles Champion" ( it should be french, maybe belgian or even swiss ?) I would be very happy about that. I will take it apart during the next evenings, if I find out more, I will tell You aswell. Best regards, Jean-Marie
jmbr@pt.lu