GamleOle

It's not pink, it's magenta!

(Somehow, that statement doesn't really make it any less gaie.)

RobbieTunes 

could be fuscia, since the closest matching nail polish I've found is Walmart's "Fuscia Fuscia."

discussing it may be the most telltale sign....

RobbieTunes 

Added a convert......

Mint 62cm, white and green fade, '88 Expert.
Not mine, but he should unveil in a few days if he takes a pic before he rebuilds it (modern).

His famous last quote to me was "I'm younger than you; a Cannondale is my "Ironman" bike....."

Hah hah.....we'll see.

One bike at a time, one person at a time.......

EddyR

Robbie Talking about colors my green and white 1987 Master had pink cable housings. They were still pink under the bar tape and the small piece of housing before the rear dérailleur. All the 87's like mine I have seen have faded to white. I ordered a Jagwire kit in pink. It is going to be STI 8 speed. I have a old tan leather jacket that I am cutting up to make a new seat cover and bar tape. Should be done in a week. Buy the way Bike Stop had the Racer full kits in hot colors for STI for $27. Thats $10 cheaper than anyone elts
Ed

frantik

i want to see these green ironmen! pics!

EddyR

Frantic
On here it comes out looking blue . It is much darker and it is green not blue. I have tried several different cameras and they all come out this color in the camera before I down load them. Here is the greem Master before I started work on it and a Expert behind it. There are quite a few green and white experts on here but they all seem to have a lot more white than this one. The pink housings can still be seen in this picture.
Ed

alxndr

Poke around the camera's settings looking for a White Balance option. Might just be labeled "WB" or with an icon of two triangles pointing at each other with a rectangle between and above them, like this: https://files.pressible.org/20/files/...lance-Icon.jpg
In a nutshell, you point that at something white that's in the same light as what you want to photograph (so get close and point the camera at your downtube) then press the button. The camera then knows you want that to be white so it adjusts its colors to cancel out whatever is messing with your colors.
If you can't do a manual white balance like this, perhaps just picking the type of light (direct sun, shade, incandescent, fluorescent, whatever) would help with your colors.

Robbie, as soon as I find my camera I'll have shots of my '85 and '86 Ironmen for you. Paint on both isn't in spectacular condition but I've always been impressed with how many original parts they still have. Friend of mine has an '89 with the white-and-marbled paint job too, don't remember whether it's an Expert or Master.

frantik

ah ok.. .. the centurion "seafoam green".. i'm familiar with that paint job... i was thinking there might be some other green ironman paint job i havent seen.

i had a problem photographing a blue/green Schwinn World Sport.. all the pictures made it look blue but it had plenty of green too

i have a master with the marble.. not sure if the expert also had the same paint

frantik

just took a lil test ride on the ironman in the middle of the night.. omg i love this bike.. it can't not go fast!

g4lt

Well, if anyone wonders where Cavaletto N5E0588 went, it went to a Pocatello (Idaho) Police auction, where I am now the proud owner of her. The rear derailleur is boned, so it's perfect for my new project: IGH road bike, prolly going to slap a Shimmy Nexus-8 or Alfine-11 in her and a Nexus dynamo front. While I can play nice with the 27" wheels, 700C just seems a bit funner to run, so she gets a whole new wheelset (she'd have to anyway, some idiot threw a 29" on back, don't ask me how, I had to deflate the damn tire to pull it off). Anyone got any cool details about her history?

EddyR

Franic
I know about White Balance but it did not help. I owned a camera repair company for many years in Florida. I put the image in a photo program and came up with this and it is pretty close. Forget all the background collors
Ed

frantik

well add that to the list of frames i wish i had

RobbieTunes 

'89 Master had the grey marbled fade.
'89 Prestige had a Duke blue marbled fade (on eBay right now, on this forum before)

There may have been a dark blue marbled, but I don't think it was an Ironman. I don't recall correctly, so I just won't mention it.....

rothenfield1

Oh Lord! Now I'm going to have to start looking for 'another' Centurion. Thanks alot RT.

alxndr

Photos for Robbie... found some older ones kicking around in my iPhoto, and just now took the wide-angle one for kicks. (I'm waiting for a beautiful day and a beautiful backdrop before I switch out the lens and take Real photos of this and the other rides...)



It came with, I think, mostly original parts. The downtube shifter broke as I understand the originals do; it's been replaced by some cheap Shimano shifter until I get around to finding a 600 replacement. Original-looking rear hub cracked; I replaced it with what I think is a similar-era wide flange Shimano hub and a new Mavic Open Pro rim.

Fuzzy photo is the earliest, I had just gotten it but put around-town pedals, a new-to-me cyclometer, and a Brooks saddle on it; the photo with the wood pile is a later and higher-quality shot of the same setup; then the wide-angle was just a minute ago (it's up on the blocks cause its bottom bracket needs some attention) with new bar tape (snapped a brake cable) and the cheapo double-sided SPD pedals I've had on it for maybe six months.

EddyR

The master is almost done. Rode it today

RobbieTunes 

Hot.
Smooth.
Modern.
Great.

rothenfield1

If you edit the last line, it sounds like my X-wife.

frantik

nice ironman! though "brifter bump" bugs me a lil :'(

curbtender

Since salmon have left the west coast, I had to settle for fuschia. This is 'catch of the day', but needs to be here. Pulled in to dump my load and this was on the scrapper's flatbed...

I broke some rules to get this home, but only bike guys would understand that this shouldn't be crunched. It was seconds from getting some more metal dumped on top. N7.... 87?

RobbieTunes 

you stand, you deliver. great job.

frantik

the coveted Miami Vice ironman.. definitely worth breaking rules to save

realestvin7

^Tada!^

draghkar

Here is my Super Tour 15, SN N1K0291.
Pretty much a basket case, but all there. New wheels have been acquired. Also posted here, it's torn down and being repainted, not sure what color combo to use. Any ideas for a cool, but classic touring color scheme?

frantik

i can't decide if i want a green ironman to match my green Apex, or this Axis in marble to match my Ironman







https://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=94442

actually i don't like the straight fork on the axis..