Originally Posted by
T-Mar
It doesn't appear to be an Ironman or Prestige. The next Centurion candiadate would be an Elixe RS. We do have some in the database. Now all I have to do is find the original posts and hope any pics are still there.
I've just been through the whole thread. OMG, what a monster. Anyways, I was able to make a few observations with a focus on references to Elite RS.
An early post (#54) shows a 1986 Elite RS w/o eyelets but with flat seat stay caps. A few references to 1985 didn't show the caps clearly and one example (thread #1069) shows a 1985 Elite RS with front eyelets, but none in the rear, again, caps not really clear.
The funniest thing is that my bike here was discussed in this thread by the previous owner (#810) w/o outcome. Small world when the thread gets big enough.
Another observation is that rear brake bridges tend to be slightly curved whereas mine is straight.
Blue303, how about your seat stay caps?
The the other thing I keep wondering about is the weight. How much is a bare mid sized frame in Champion #1 and Champion #2 sopposed to weigh?
I've seen tube set tables putting them at around 2200 but other putting them similar to 531 or SL around 2000. (Notable differences between sources only pertain to the Tange tubesets). Do we have some evidence here from all those #1 amd #2 bikes...?