Centurion LeMans 1988
I picked up this bike to use as a bang-around cruiser. It seems quite nice. Servicing it now, and it appears mostly stock aside from the rims. These are Araya 700, which is correct, but 36-spoke, an odd copper-brown color, and made or drilled-to-accept schraeder valves. Anyone have experience with this particular bike or these rims? Thanks!
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The missing plating around the valve hole makes me think they were drilled out for Schrader valves. Back in the day, you could buy a 27 inch Schrader tube at any Kmart or hardware store, but you had to go to a bike shop to get presta valves.
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The rims are laced to Exage hubs, so they may be original. Just an odd color choice.
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Originally Posted by kross57
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The rims are laced to Exage hubs, so they may be original. Just an odd color choice.
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https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b0eac1a885.jpg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...1e4006cdaa.jpg I had this one for a few years. Converted it to brifters. It rolled very nice on the anodized rims. |
I have that exact bike
My rims are the same bronze Araya but drilled for Presta so I expect someone may have drilled yours out. Mine is a 56 and a tad small but it was so inexpensive and cool looking that I kept it and do ride it. Its quite smooth on the road, but the exage sport parts are pretty low end. The wheels are ok but a bit heavy, the hubs spin great.
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Yeah, I doubt the color is a faded black. They seem to have started that way.
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