Originally Posted by ryansu (Post 20998591)

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Originally Posted by SeanBikes (Post 20844672)

Another cheap find... not the best quality, but $25 can't lie!
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1974 Raleigh Record Ltd.

Lots of rusty and grimy parts to clean, but should be a quick fix!

Originally Posted by 3speedslow (Post 20897646)

That’s a big jump up from where it started! Nice machine.

Originally Posted by madpogue (Post 21002682)

Dang, it'll probably be gone by the time I can get there.

https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...922795912.html

Vintage Peugeot 3-speed - $30 (Eagle Heights/Shorewood Hills)

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I don't know the model of this bike. The previous owner brought it back from Germany many years ago. This specific model was not sold in the U.S. It seems like a 3-speed version of the PE41 from the early 1970's. The internal hub is Sachs. I used to commute on this bike, but it's been sitting a couple years now. The back tire has a slow leak, needs a patch or tube. Tires are a little old now. But when I put air in the tires today, I could ride it and everything still works. Front rim is original; back was replaced. Seat post and seat not original. I do not have the front light nor generator that powered it.

Originally Posted by 2cam16 (Post 21002864)

So I assume you got it then? Or did you mean to post this in the CL/EBay Finds thread? :foo:

Originally Posted by game_player_s (Post 20991873)

My rescue of the day, yard sale find, and the first Centurion I've run across for sale, so I paid the price. I have no idea as to the year or model as I'm wholly unfamiliar with the brand. I poked around the internet earlier and seems like pink was a color option beginning in 1986, but the 1986 catalog doesn't show any bike models for that year that came with a "Shimano 105" component group set.

Rusty, very rusty. Lots and lots of frame rust. Sticker from a long gone LBS on the seat post tube indicates the bike is of a local origin, but the rust tells me this one ventured out to the coast at some point, nearly drowned in seawater, and came back with a unhealthy dose of salt.

Person I bought it from claimed she was the second owner, and that when it was given to her three years ago it had been sitting outdoors for untold years. Story went that she took it to a LBS and they overhauled it and got it usable again.... I hate to even think what it had looked like before that! So appears it got new tires, tubes, cables, seatpost tightening screw, brake pads, and serious cleaning, and lubed during the indicated three years ago LBS overhaul. But was told she rode it a couple times, decided she really didn't like how it felt riding it, and it has been in her garage ever since... which was rather obvious considering the vast quantity of cob webs with dead bugs and live spiders that were covering it... seriously, does no one clean stuff they put out at their yard sales anymore? Cobwebs are one thing, but this bike literally had live spiders crawling all over it! Needless to say, I feel the condition of the frame is a bit iffy, like yeah, it got cleaned three years back, but the LBS didn't attempt to do anything to remove the rust. I kinda felt bad for the lady I bought it from as this bike is a 21" frame, and she was maybe all of 5'6", and this seat post is jacked up to a height I'm okay with at a bit over six feet tall.

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Originally Posted by fleslider (Post 21008412)

FWIW, its a 1987 Expert commonly around here called the "Miami Vice" paint job. they are nice bikes

you can see the Expert Ironmans over at Vintage-Centurion

Centurion Ironman Expert (1987-1989)

Originally Posted by SeanBikes (Post 21011015)

She's all cleaned up and ready for some new parts!

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It was a lot grimier than I thought in the bottom bracket and headset, but they're running like butter now. Unfortunately there's some paint missing, but it gives it that you-don't-want- to-steal-me kind of look. Building this up for a friend (whose last bike was stolen...) and she doesn't like drop bars, so she's ordered some new bull-horns that are on their way. I threw these ones on here just to see how it would look; not a big fan of their slanted shape or the length of the horns though. Probably going to get some nice blue handlebar tape and cable housings on it to help those decals pop.

I'm having trouble removing the rear cassette to replace the missing spoke. I've already destroyed one remover tool... I don't have a bench vise, so I can't go that route... Any tips?

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Originally Posted by rustystrings61 (Post 21011805)

There’s been a burst of black Raleigh Competitions surfacing lately, and now I have one again, too! I think mine takes the prize for worst chrome, but it’s my size and the price was fair for its condition. I predict more resto-mid than restoration...

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Originally Posted by chainwhip (Post 21011842)

That chain cracks me up! :roflmao2:
So this was a dumpster save?!! :0o

rusty - I've noted your input on the other 73 Comp threads, and both nlerner and narhay come to mind as other knowledgable owners.

I'd enjoy a low key Raleigh Competition thread for all the years to collect and share the info that's currently in separate threads.
Anyone else?

Cool that you scored the Jubilee RD.

If you were to sell it, you'd likely show a profit beyond what you bought the bike for(free?).