My wife says it looks the same to her but we know better!
It rides very smooth and responsive. I have to make sure everything on the bars is right before I wrap them (Brown) but for the most part it's all done. New rubber....Cables....pedals....all cleaned up. Got my new little flash light on and I think I'll ride her to work tomorrow.

Wow looks amazing. I really like the colors. I'm trying very hard to find some gold/bronze 700c arayas for my black peugeot. THey look great on your centurion was that saddle originally honey color or brown?

I had an '84 Centurion Elite RS. A great riding bike. Rode a lot like a Shogun 400 most likely b/c of the same tubeset.

Looks really good all cleaned up.

Smooth. Another bike that is not all that well known.
If I had to sum up that model in one word: balance.

Excellent job on an excellent bike.

Those Gold Araya rims are great. The bike looks very nice. What gear is that, shimano 600 and a Sugino crank?

Motoyuki asks: was that saddle originally honey color or brown?
Once it was Honey. Seems the older it gets the darker brown it gets!

mkeller asks: What gear is that, shimano 600 and a Sugino crank?
Correct!! The original pedals are also part of the Shimono 600 also but I decided to leave them off for the time being.

Another beautiful Centurion! Thanks for sharing this sweet build.

Why do you consider it "balance"d RT? Is it because of the slightly longer chainstay that would give it a slightly more flexible ride over a short one?

I consider it a nice balance between sport-capable riding and century comfort, while still easily able to be mounted with what it takes for light touring.

I find it to be a fairly precise frame, balanced between being not as twitchy as some more sporting frames, but not feeling "long" like some other all-around road bikes, which don't like to get out of a straight line. I guess it's a balance between handling/stability.

I find it to be a nice balance, when new, between the expense of well-equipped racing bikes and the poorly-equipped entry-level bikes of the era. Time really hasn't changed that.

I hope that explains it. I tend to think of "compromise" as about the same term, but like "balance" better.