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Old 08-19-19 | 09:35 PM
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I have been building a Centurion TT in my dreams , well I did buy a 5 speed FW for it and I think hazetyguy is hanging on to a pair of bull horns for me . The guy in Greece is not budging of his $259. price for just a frame but if he did I would put this fork on it .

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sakae-Japan...53.m1438.l2649

Sir, I sincerely pray that your dream comes true because it is a beautiful dream. Don't every quit dreaming because that is the magic of life. Not just the finish line is great....it is the journey. And also I like your choice of fork.
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Old 08-19-19 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by markwesti
I have been building a Centurion TT in my dreams , well I did buy a 5 speed FW for it and I think hazetyguy is hanging on to a pair of bull horns for me . The guy in Greece is not budging of his $259. price for just a frame but if he did I would put this fork on it .

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sakae-Japan...53.m1438.l2649

But Mr Westi, Mr Westi it has No eyelets.
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Old 08-20-19 | 04:20 AM
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Last question I promise: Are you going to use a disk wheel on the back ever?
Probably not with the Rolf Vector Pro's. There are clip-on disks available, but many are angular like a Stealth fighter, and this, being late 80's, early 90's, would suffer from incongruity.

Originally, I had a complete black group for this, other than the DT shifters. As I fell into the DA stuff, that changed. I'm still pondering a 7800 RD and I already have a 7700 FD, so we could go full-on polished and retain the era...

Right now, I just have no time. The removal of the Rolf decals is about 2 hours, alone, per wheel, and I have to choose a headset.
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Old 08-20-19 | 06:21 AM
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As I recall, Kenny Souza (Duathlon King) rode a Haral very similar to this bike bitd. Also I think tennis great Ivan Lindell was featured in an advertisement (bitd) on a Haral similar to this centurion.
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Old 08-20-19 | 12:24 PM
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Yeah retaining the era is always nice. Yeah ....time......and money .....those are factors that can grind on you. And the rarity of some of these parts. However, it might just teach me patience by default...I keep hoping i stumble in to patience. The hunt is fun and talking about it all.
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Old 08-20-19 | 12:35 PM
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As I recall, Kenny Souza (Duathlon King) rode a Haral very similar to this bike bitd. Also I think tennis great Ivan Lindell was featured in an advertisement (bitd) on a Haral similar to this centurion.
If you have any pictures please post them.
I strongly recommend a blog (I do not run it) at Lo pro cycling club which is called lopro blogspot. It is a veritable Aladdin's cave of vintage eighties and early nineties time trial bicycles. Hundreds upon hundreds of color photos of gorgeous vintage bicycles....many very rare obviously. A lot of famous cyclist and info is to be found there too. For me it is like a bike porn almanac.
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Old 08-20-19 | 05:53 PM
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OK, very cool . Lo pro cycling club
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