centurion project
 

just picked up a p.o.s. centurion Le mans road bike. There's chips in the paint and he tagged it with a sharpie. it also Had suntour group set with bar end shifters and the smallest pair of drips I have ever seen ( they are the same size as the handle bars on my sister's fuji ace 650 comp lol) so I stripped it down im gonna put the microshift 10 speed centos on it with new alloy wheels and some old handlebars I have lying around also gonna re paint it. not sure what color it Will be so feel free to give I ideas. thus is going to take a while cuz I don't have any money at the moment but I willl be posting pictures on here tomorrow hopefully. feel free to give advise or share your story thanks!

orange.

if you can give me a valid argument I'll consider it

Do youhttp://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=319214 need an argument to ride an orange bike?

Orange , because we like it...

Orange is very unique... you don't see it often hmmm very eye opening thank you

im also looking for a brand name too put on it I know it's centurion but I also want to put my own branding on it

here's your brand....

how about no lol

name for your bike:

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=319218

why? I feel like im missing the joke

I think I might name it du velo and have my last name down the down tube or the seat post

No joke; back in the day riders would put chiquita stickers on their bike because they were easy to find (sort of an anti-sticker sticker if that makes sense) and everyone ate bananas on a ride. It would be an old school thing to do for an old school frame.

Orange is an old school color because Eddy Merkx won a lot of races on an orange bike. So it is an old school color; this is my orange bike:

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=319220

Okay, but "very unique"? Unique is an absolute. There are no degrees of uniqueness. There are degrees of orange perhaps.

Now back to your regularly scheduled discussion of bikes.

SunKist would be appropriate. Or maybe Peel. Or Sunset Strip.

Centurion had a wonderful orange pearl paint. This Super Le Mans is for sale locally to me. Great color.

http://kalamazoo.craigslist.org/bik/3824603501.html

http://images.craigslist.org/3E13Gf3...b8677d1f9f.jpg

I get that the greats used to race orange allot but I want something that's going to show case me and my personality I want it to be my art that everyone sees when I ride by

That is a sharp looking bike. The CL where I live has nothing but POS kiddie bikes and rusted out balloon tire bombers.

I also can't decide if I want to redo the original paint or a completely new design

Post up some good pics of your bike. We'll help you decide.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-l2C8nYmCV...per+lemans.JPG
this isnt the bike but its the same paint job and its in the same basic condition

here are some actual pics

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im definitely repainting it... just not sure if i should recreate the original or make it new or what?

http://www.pedalroom.com/p/centurion...ans-6675_1.jpg

this is how it should look

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/t...aler/012-4.jpg

or i could do the same scheme but different collors

I would paint it a Candy color, any candy color. Red, Blue, Orange.......

Why on earth are you posting that bike rather than buying it? :)

Green.