Robbie and Winthrob
Here are the before pictures. The first shows the bike at a distance and it looks good. Up close it is a mess and it had been taken apart many times and had a mixture of parts and wrong fitting parts.The brake cable was corroded to the frame and had to be cut out.The bike was more corroded than rust. Rust tends to run all over and look worse than it is. Some of the paint lifted off in long pieces up to 2" long.The fork was the hardest part to get clean as it is rather crude welding. The chrome one I had was very smooth compared to this one. I thought about a carbon fork but the weight savings was less than 2 ounces. I am not building a replica just a look a like of the 1987-88 7/11 bikes. The Rims are Mavic open CD with aero spooks.Handlebar was a Scott and the stem is a Record 84 I think. I have the correct stem from another Centurion but I need the long neck for my long arms. This bike was a keeper as soon as I saw it. Way to much work to be resold. I had another Centurion Expert in new mint condition 60 CM that was much to large for me and it killed me to sell it and the day I sold it I bought this one.
Ed