Before pics, After pics, In Process and From the Junk Heap pics. Centurion Ironman pictures welcome. Let's see how many colors, color schemes, and component combos there are... Feel free to send a good pic and list what you have on the bike. Investment amounts OK, too...blurb what you want. Thanks.

1988 Expert / Rattlecan repaint, decals courtesy MS Word / mostly 600 w/older DC brakes


1989 Master / Rattlecan repaint - also homemade decals / complete 600 group down to HS


1986 original paint & decals / mostly orig 600 group (w/OE DC aero brake levers) upgraded to 7s w/DA RD & DA hubs laced to red Vuelta Airline2 rims

Fixed Gear Beater - sawed off cable guides, derailleur hanger, shifter bosses, even the brake bridge! It was a free bike with original components, I transferred the fixie parts from another old fixie.

I need to at least take a photo that's in focus.

East Hill

Well, this aint no DS Iron Man, but it is a 'Centurian'.

Has Shimano 600 derailleurs, Sugino crank, and Dia Comp brakes, Nitto stem and bars

Tange 2 DB cro-moly frame

pretty pretty

East Hill, what size front & rear tires on that thing?

24 inch front, 700c rear.

East Hill

I used to have one - a "Master" with Shimano 600. It was too small, so I sold it:

Here's my '86 Master with Shimano 600 and an '89 Expert with Suntour GPX that was sold on CL.

Correction: An '87 Master with a frame produced in '86.

The DS Ironman brand.

Yippee-yi-ya, yippee-yi-yo, Ghost riders in the sky.

Curious, my '86 did not have a "Master" designation and Ashley's article indicates that the Master/Expert designation started in 1987.
What's the first number in your serial #? (6 or 7)

Serial # N6P3145

This bike was purchased from the original owner who bought it in '88. Back when T-Mar first started the Centurion serial # database thread, he ID'd it as an '86 or '87.

A year later and still a work in progress:



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Mine's sold, but IIRC it began with "A6"; so mine must be from early 1986 and yours was built later.

'88 Master, $100 eBay, came w/STI 8-speed. I've upgraded severely, but it's still an Ironman.
My role model was dahoss2002. This is my tri-bike and a criterium this year.
What you see is about $532 w/shipping, is 19.7 lbs, fast enough for an old me.

BBman, any idea if that Master is being ridden? Mine needs a twin. Thanks.

Interesting '86 Master, as my '87 is a plain Ironman. Any chance that '89 Expert is still out there?

1) What media did you print the decals onto, and are they under clear coat?
2) You like the DC brake levers. Any particular reason?
3) Thanks for kicking off this thread with a trio of exc examples.

Think it could be found and an offer made?

Cool paint on that one Bossman, gotta love the 80's

Long gone - sold it a year (or two) Christmas to a City Girl. Don't know if she still has it or rides it, but I don't keep the contact info of strangers I meet via CL so I'll never know. Last time I saw it was at the Lafeyette BART station, headed for San Francisco. You might start there......

Sorry.

I used BelDecal waterslide paper. Found a link through Sheldon's site. Thanks, Sheldon.
I clear coated them as the decals are thin, plus the clear adds a little UV protection.

Both rattlecan bikes were bought frame only so they were built up what was in my parts bin at the time.

The '86 came stock from the bike shop with the DC aero brake levers. The Shimano 600 group at the time (6207/6208) were still non-aero. I assume Centurion shipped them with the DC aeros, and I see Raverson's also has the DC aero levers with the 6207/6208 group

I have posted this several times, but what the heck. Here is my 1989 Expert GPX. It is pretty much original, except for the FSA Vero 50/34 crank, the Thomson seat post and the Fizik Aliante saddle. Every once in a while I get the urge to remove the dork disk and reflecters, but they have survived 18 years.
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There's always a chance, Robbie.

Like BBM, I sold it a Christmas ago to the boyfriend of a city girl. Last time I saw it, it was being loaded into a BMW, headed for San Francisco. I imagine by now it has been stripped and fixed and hangs with the other SF hipsters.