When it rains, it pours......2 Centurion scores in the last couple days
07-01-13, 08:23 PM
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Yes, it's hard to control the irrational exuberance. Even if it gets out of hand, you still have an Ironman, so....win!
I once contracted to build an '89 Master for a guy, he wanted 8-sp tricolor STI's, complete group, and I got started. I already had all the parts on hand, frame was very, very nice. I think we agreed on $450 (years ago). He had his first triathlon coming up, and needed to practice. I loaned him my used helmet, used shoes/cleats, and my '89 Expert with 9-sp Sora, some CF bits and light wheels, right at 20.9 lbs. He calls a week later, I tell him, "almost done." Boy, the Master looked good. He calls a week later, I tell him, "it's done." He rolls up, no '89 Expert, no helmet, no shoes. I ask, he says, "I want the Expert." I say, "it's over your budget." He says, "name a price." I say, for some reason, "$607, plus $50 for the shoes and helmet." He wrote the check and drove away. I'm sitting there with a near-mint '89 Master, that is now paid for, profit included, and have some extra. Of course, I needed shoes and a helmet. I picked up 2 Ironman helmets for $30 from the clearance table at LBS (one std, one "pro") and used the extra cash on good new shoes. The Master became my go-to bike, then traveled up to Boston with a C&V friend, and now resides in rccardr's stash.
My bud? He won his age group in his first tri (55 and up), got the fever, bought an Ultegra aluminum Trek 2000A, I tune it and tell him the Ironman is better; he says no way. I make him several offers on the '89 Expert, he says "no, I need a backup bike." I ask his fiance about it, and she quotes the Charleton Heston thing..."his cold, dead fingers. He won't admit it, but the Trek sits."
I still tune both bikes every spring, and the Ironman is getting rusty on the seatpost cluster and bb from being ridden hard and sweated on. Patiently, I wait. I have a powdercoater and a white decal set.....
I once contracted to build an '89 Master for a guy, he wanted 8-sp tricolor STI's, complete group, and I got started. I already had all the parts on hand, frame was very, very nice. I think we agreed on $450 (years ago). He had his first triathlon coming up, and needed to practice. I loaned him my used helmet, used shoes/cleats, and my '89 Expert with 9-sp Sora, some CF bits and light wheels, right at 20.9 lbs. He calls a week later, I tell him, "almost done." Boy, the Master looked good. He calls a week later, I tell him, "it's done." He rolls up, no '89 Expert, no helmet, no shoes. I ask, he says, "I want the Expert." I say, "it's over your budget." He says, "name a price." I say, for some reason, "$607, plus $50 for the shoes and helmet." He wrote the check and drove away. I'm sitting there with a near-mint '89 Master, that is now paid for, profit included, and have some extra. Of course, I needed shoes and a helmet. I picked up 2 Ironman helmets for $30 from the clearance table at LBS (one std, one "pro") and used the extra cash on good new shoes. The Master became my go-to bike, then traveled up to Boston with a C&V friend, and now resides in rccardr's stash.
My bud? He won his age group in his first tri (55 and up), got the fever, bought an Ultegra aluminum Trek 2000A, I tune it and tell him the Ironman is better; he says no way. I make him several offers on the '89 Expert, he says "no, I need a backup bike." I ask his fiance about it, and she quotes the Charleton Heston thing..."his cold, dead fingers. He won't admit it, but the Trek sits."
I still tune both bikes every spring, and the Ironman is getting rusty on the seatpost cluster and bb from being ridden hard and sweated on. Patiently, I wait. I have a powdercoater and a white decal set.....
07-02-13, 04:05 AM
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