Miami Vice Centurion Ironman Expert Pics and Question re accoutrements
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Miami Vice Centurion Ironman Expert Pics and Question re accoutrements
As I described in a previous post, this Centurion is basically a time capsule bike -- more than 18 years in an attic.
I did a partial tear down, cleaning and lubricating, and it didn't really even need that. While torn down, I decided to upgrade the components to 600 Tricolor, except for the brake levers and that big, funky 175mm Biopace crank, which does really mash up the hills. And I switched out the rear wheel/ 6-speed freewheel with a Titan wheel, freehub, and 13-23 7-speed cassette.
This is the one Centurion I have been looking for. Now time to ignore CL, avoid wrenching, and just ride.
Now the question -- go with the original white tape and saddle or go with black saddle and deep yellow tape? The following two pics are of the new 58.5/57.5 Ironman and my previous very small 51/53 Ironman. Which configuration do you like best?
And, below, more pics of the Centurion on a ride early this am.
I did a partial tear down, cleaning and lubricating, and it didn't really even need that. While torn down, I decided to upgrade the components to 600 Tricolor, except for the brake levers and that big, funky 175mm Biopace crank, which does really mash up the hills. And I switched out the rear wheel/ 6-speed freewheel with a Titan wheel, freehub, and 13-23 7-speed cassette.
This is the one Centurion I have been looking for. Now time to ignore CL, avoid wrenching, and just ride.
Now the question -- go with the original white tape and saddle or go with black saddle and deep yellow tape? The following two pics are of the new 58.5/57.5 Ironman and my previous very small 51/53 Ironman. Which configuration do you like best?
And, below, more pics of the Centurion on a ride early this am.
07-27-10, 04:05 PM
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07-27-10, 04:13 PM
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Great looking bike.
If you're going to try to keep it original, then go with whatever they put on at the factory.... if your'e modding it to personal taste..then do what YOU like.
If it were mine and I was looking for change, I might try yellow tape and yellow seat, or black and yellow tape with black seat with yellow highlights..That is my opinion..price it accordingly.
Very nice bike
If you're going to try to keep it original, then go with whatever they put on at the factory.... if your'e modding it to personal taste..then do what YOU like.
If it were mine and I was looking for change, I might try yellow tape and yellow seat, or black and yellow tape with black seat with yellow highlights..That is my opinion..price it accordingly.
Very nice bike
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BTW, where are you from? You are much too colorful to be a life long Minnesotan. I grew up in Eastern Nebraska (Southern Minnesota
and know of what I speak.
07-27-10, 05:17 PM
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Anyway, I really like the white saddle, bar tape, and brake hoods; white is original to the bike and really makes it scream "Miami Vice." Switching out the white would just tame the 80s look of the bike.
07-27-10, 05:40 PM
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White is original. The PO did the switch you are asking about (black saddle, yellow tape), in mine, and here is what it looked like when I got it:
Not as striking as yours
Not as striking as yours
07-27-10, 05:42 PM
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i went white tape/hoods, black seat, white cages (for both).
btw, if you put simple green on a rag and rub the hoods you can get them to look like new. follow it up with a little water and maybe some liiiiight pledge.
btw, if you put simple green on a rag and rub the hoods you can get them to look like new. follow it up with a little water and maybe some liiiiight pledge.
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ya you gotta get one man, and im glad to see other people besides myself love the colores, my friends think its gay(but they dont know $**% about class XD)
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LOL!
Add me to white and white....you currently have white hoods.
Yellow tape needs black hoods IMO. There's some teal in the decal, you can go all out "Crocket and Tubbs" and splash teal on the bars.
BTW, your saddle is quite forward, perhaps you need a shorter stem?
Add me to white and white....you currently have white hoods.
Yellow tape needs black hoods IMO. There's some teal in the decal, you can go all out "Crocket and Tubbs" and splash teal on the bars.
BTW, your saddle is quite forward, perhaps you need a shorter stem?
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I think that qualifies me as a non-native Minnesooohtan
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07-28-10, 09:33 AM
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I assume the Pledge is for protection, does it leave the hoods greasy at all?
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No, not mine. This house is on Sweetwater at about 104th. It has been empty for a long time and much of the landscaping/vegetation has died from lack of care and water.
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With as many abandoned cookie-cutter/McMansions as we've got here in Phoenix I'm not really surprised there is more than one that looks almost exactly alike:
^^^ This photo, by the way, is top-notch - has a very eerie feel which reminds me of lady Havisham's manor in Dickens' "Great Expectations"... (pardon the reference, I was an English major in a past life)
