1981 Centurion Semi-Pro
 

Another Craigslist find this morning. A 1981 Semi-Pro; generally very good condition and mostly original. Stem, bars, brakes and pedals seem to be the only replacement pieces.
Although it’s my size, I may try to source missing original parts, rebuild bearings, and send this off to my nephew. Love that Cobalt Blue color with the chrome accents!

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Whoa! Great find!

I love Centurions from the late 70s and very early 80s!

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yet another very nice find on your part! :thumb:

thanks very much for posting it.

recall that some of these were reported to be Miyata products; shall look forward to reading what the experts have to state...

those aero arrestor operators certainly do look out of place on there :eek:


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That’s the first one I have seen in that color. I really like those bikes , if one ever shows up in Orange in my size I might have to make a spot for it!

Wow, that’s quite a looker. You must be going for the uncle of the year award.

Beauty!!!!

Wow! What a handsome bike, love the paint color.

I doubt that the lovely Brooks Pro was OEM.

You are right about that! I popped that one on as soon as I got it home

Whew! So nice.
...may I call you Uncle.

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I was going to say it wasn't in the ad. My buddy, another one with too many bikes, was asking me to tie him to the mast. Nice bike.

one of the prettiest bikes in existence: all chrome frame with that dark blue paint almost translucent makes it sparkle and shine through- and the pin-striping..

You had one at the Color Wheel swap?

I wish my Pro-tour was that color. Beautiful bike and I am envious of your nephew.

yep! I ended up selling it to the Color Wheel guy. it was just too pretty to be my commuter bike, which is pretty much what I do. mine was all unoriginal as I got it as a frameset

It looks like it has been ridden a bit, but not abused. The back story on this is that it belonged to the sellers father-in-law who bought it in Southern California while he was in Los Angeles helping to prepare for the summer Olympics being held there in 1984. I always enjoy finding out about the history connected to a bike.

Extremely pretty! :love: That crank is just nuts.