"centurion!" (orange content!)
02-01-15 | 06:13 PM
#27
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Bikes: CAAD 9 , Schwinn World, Prologue, Madison , Sports Tourer ; Ironman , Opus lll , Allez , Peugeot 753, Trek 531 (2) , Assenmacher ( custom)
That's going to be a sharp bike when you're finished ! May also want to add a third top tube cable clamp.
02-01-15 | 06:35 PM
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Bikes: '77 Colnago Super, '76 Fuji The Finest, '88 Cannondale Criterium, '86 Trek 760, '87 Miyata 712
02-01-15 | 06:42 PM
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02-01-15 | 06:48 PM
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it's a bit of a catch-22.
on the one hand, black looks dressy and manly. on the other, it can look too plain or too halloween paired with an orange frame.
and white can be eye-catching and racey ... but also girly and not serious.
these are the great decisions that try men's souls.
on the one hand, black looks dressy and manly. on the other, it can look too plain or too halloween paired with an orange frame.
and white can be eye-catching and racey ... but also girly and not serious.
these are the great decisions that try men's souls.
03-01-15 | 05:49 AM
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Bikes: '77 Centurion "Pro Tour"; '67 Carlton "The Flyer"; 1984 Ross MTB (stored at parents' house)
Great!
How nice that you still have the downtube decals. Only a couple of the letters were left on my '77 Pro Tour when I got it, and I finished the job of removing them quite easily. The bikes from this era are, to me, the pinnacle of craft and design, and orange is clearly the best color
How nice that you still have the downtube decals. Only a couple of the letters were left on my '77 Pro Tour when I got it, and I finished the job of removing them quite easily. The bikes from this era are, to me, the pinnacle of craft and design, and orange is clearly the best color
03-01-15 | 08:22 AM
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I always thought brown looked good with orange, brown avoids "Halloween" and "girly" and it hides dirt well. I have a 1983 Schwinn Super Sport frame that will be painted orange and I have a Honey Brown Brooks B17 and matching bar tape set aside for it.
it's a bit of a catch-22.
on the one hand, black looks dressy and manly. on the other, it can look too plain or too halloween paired with an orange frame.
and white can be eye-catching and racey ... but also girly and not serious.
these are the great decisions that try men's souls.
on the one hand, black looks dressy and manly. on the other, it can look too plain or too halloween paired with an orange frame.
and white can be eye-catching and racey ... but also girly and not serious.
these are the great decisions that try men's souls.
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03-03-15 | 03:28 PM
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Graham Chapman and John Clease make pretty good looking centurions.
Check out the serial number on this Centurion Super LeMans, it is one greater than yours.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...ml#post7842402
Check out the serial number on this Centurion Super LeMans, it is one greater than yours.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...ml#post7842402
03-03-15 | 04:27 PM
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Bikes: centurion cinelli equipe, look hinault 753, Zunow z-1, 83 stumpy sport
I had a similar miami vice centurion that I really liked: lemans rs. this pic is stolen from another inmate as I don't have any pics of mine. It was stolen many years ago now.
03-03-15 | 04:27 PM
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thanks, hummer. the bike you referenced (m5k03839) is indeed the next one in serial compared to mine.
i'll guess they're both the same model, super le mans.
the only real oddity with mine is brake reach. the rear center pull i assume is original reaches only with the wheel near the very front of the dropout, else the pad hits the tire.
i'll guess they're both the same model, super le mans.
the only real oddity with mine is brake reach. the rear center pull i assume is original reaches only with the wheel near the very front of the dropout, else the pad hits the tire.
