Post your Centurion Ironman.. For the love of 80s paint jobs!
09-20-23, 07:28 AM
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A Centurion Professional from the seventies. Here is the link: https://steel-vintage.com/products/c...e-1970s-detail
They make some serious claims for the quality of this particular model. I am a little skeptical as much as I love Centurions (and have owned
several). The highest quality ones I have seen are the Cinelli made one, the Turbo Time Trial which I have two of and the Prestige which I have
owned. Oh and also the Turbo regular.
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Thank you Curbtender and Vintage Cyclist for the answer. The only other pinstriped Centurion I have seen was my 1978 Centurion Omega that looked exactly like this:
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Oddball 25.0 seat post is courtesy of Insidious C. ,
BTW do these Centurion carbon frames have 130mm or 126mm rear drop outs?
09-20-23, 09:36 AM
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I don't do 82 Medici, 2011 Richard Sachs, or 2011 Milwaukee Road. A lady on a bicycle does not devalue the bicycle. Do not insult women by calling them bead head nymphs. Plus I want to know what model of Centurion it is. I do not recall a pinstriped model. Not that I care what you do or need your approval.
Me and my stock ‘85 IM Sunday at Eroica CA.
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closing for some possible cleanup. lets keep this PG rated people!
Ok, we deleted some posts. Threads reopened but follow TMonk’s direction please
Stan
Ok, we deleted some posts. Threads reopened but follow TMonk’s direction please
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09-20-23, 02:17 PM
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however mine has been spread to accommodate a Dura Ace 8 speed cassette (130mm) as I have equipped it with Dura Ace 8 speed groupset.
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Please remember that this is an Ironman only thread. Please publish any other Centurion inquiries in their own thread.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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Since only Ironman bikes are allowed to be posted or talked about here can the moderator please go back and delete all the posts that cover non-Ironman material on this thread? Because otherwise it seems to be sending a double message that is confusing and shows favortism. If you really mean to be strict then shouldn't this apply to all members?
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sfw, you’ll find that any non IM bikes here are precursors or descendants of IMs: Comp TA, Equipe, Diamond Back TG, the Carbon R
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I repeat my question: Is anyone going to take down all the previous posts? It is not only confusing but it is obvious that the standard does not apply to everybody equally. It is just favortism.
This is what ruins this forum. Oh well I am sure that this unfair practice will be ignored. Says more about other people than me.
09-20-23, 10:19 PM
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Ha ha ha....yeah right. So then I guess its okay to post Comp TA, Equipe, Diamond Back TG, the Carbon R?
I repeat my question: Is anyone going to take down all the previous posts? It is not only confusing but it is obvious that the standard does not apply to everybody equally. It is just favortism.
This is what ruins this forum. Oh well I am sure that this unfair practice will be ignored. Says more about other people than me.
I repeat my question: Is anyone going to take down all the previous posts? It is not only confusing but it is obvious that the standard does not apply to everybody equally. It is just favortism.
This is what ruins this forum. Oh well I am sure that this unfair practice will be ignored. Says more about other people than me.
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Fairness? Um, it's the Internet......
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In what CL market do you live? We can find you an IM in your size so you can ride it and be enlightened😉
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Since only Ironman bikes are allowed to be posted or talked about here can the moderator please go back and delete all the posts that cover non-Ironman material on this thread? Because otherwise it seems to be sending a double message that is confusing and shows favortism. If you really mean to be strict then shouldn't this apply to all members?
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see my iron man in my profile , I bought it new in the mid 80's don't remember exactly when but it is a fun bicycle to ride
09-22-23, 05:51 PM
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This thread lives for pics.
With pics we may not be able to determine the year you bought it but we can tell you the year it was released.
09-23-23, 03:17 PM
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nice red fade! I had the same but mine came as a frame-set and I built it up with late 90s components. that looks like 1988?
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Hub Cones
I've been babbling about my hub re build over on bike mechanic section , but because I think most of us are using the Shimano 600 6207 hubs I thought I'd share now that it's all said and done . I really only needed to replace one cone in the front but decided to to replace all with new cones/ bearings . I put in a call to Wheels Mfg. as they are I think the only source for 600 cones so we worked up a list . The rear hub went together easy , front not so much . Called back to W M , they sent me out some different ones (free) and all was good .
Any chance you keep good records and have the part numbers for the correct front and rear hub cones? I have an 86 that I’m rebuilding. Thanks.
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