Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
Beautiful bike. Is this the super-clean one that was on eBay recently a few weeks ago (there's another one on there now). Various manufacturers were allowed, I guess to produce a Terry model, and none of them were low end. Search "Terry" on this site for a recent thread.
Many people have no idea what the 520 front is all about. I found another model of Panaracer tire, too. My version of that bike still has the Panaracer Technova tires (18 wide). It's about to become someone else's, though.
The bike is easily upgradeable to STI shifting if you have the 7-sp rear, and just as easily to 8-sp if you want to toss on a different rear wheel w/cassette.
It's a hard bike to explain, until someone under about 5'3 rides it, and most of them really like it. Great bike.
Thank you. No, it did not come from Ebait, it was purchased new for my wife when we lived in Houston. I am the chief mechanic, lol and since I am actually an A&P/IA that explains why the bike is pristine. The original tire which I still have is a 25X1 or 520X25 as indicated on the side wall. The Pasela tire is marked the same size but I agree that it is slightly wider and taller but nonetheless does fine on the little bike. My wife is just shy of 5-4 but like many smaller women, bikes with squished down frames on 700c wheels cause a too long reach even with a short stem installed. I suppose today's slope tube compacts might partly address the overly long reach for small people. When we moved to Phoenix she got a MTB and has since only rarely rode the little pink Centurion.
All of these Centurion bikes seem underrated.
LC
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