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Old 08-08-22, 06:37 AM
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rustystrings61 
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My 1988 Centurion LeMans is marked "Made in Japan/Designed in the U.S.A." I bought it for $35 as a Clunker Challenge entry last year and fell in love with it. I know it's supposed to be a mid-level bike with parts selection reflecting meeting a price point, AND it has a mismatched rear wheel and lots of scars and rust - but somebody forgot to tell it that, and it rides like a much more expensive machine. I need to take some new pictures now that I have re-wrapped the bars with some salvaged original white bar tape from a contemporary Accordo and fitted it with 25 mm blackwall tires.
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