Centurion Elite and Schwinn Passage
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Centurion Elite and Schwinn Passage
Centurion has been claimed and is on the way to a good home.
Asking $50.00 $35.00 + shipping for the Passage.
also, would be open to trading for 36 hole rims 27" (630 ISO) or other trades
21" seat, 22" top. See gallery and details here.
Asking $
also, would be open to trading for 36 hole rims 27" (630 ISO) or other trades
21" seat, 22" top. See gallery and details here.
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Last edited by USAZorro; 01-17-24 at 07:05 PM. Reason: one sold
06-30-23, 09:43 AM
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That Schwinn (maybe the Centurion too) would make a great gravel bike, I think. I recall the Passage having clearance for big tires, as it's caliper brake, one could even go 650b and it has a rack mount! Great price on these frames.
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If I can't find a home for the Passage, it goes to the bottom of my build queue as a Tri-bike build - not that I'd survive the first leg of any triathlon - but maybe if there's one where you paddle a canoe or kayak rather than submit to drowning.
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oooo that Centurion.
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fwiw - I picked this up locally for a little bit less than I'm offering it. There's nothing wrong with it - I've just been treated too well by folks here to attempt to maximize my return.
I took a few more pictures when I first got it, and can easily snap more if there's something you'd like to take a closer look at.
I took a few more pictures when I first got it, and can easily snap more if there's something you'd like to take a closer look at.
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I think there should be an alternate version of triathlons...quadathlons
Bike, Kayak, do yoga, drink beer.
Bike, Kayak, do yoga, drink beer.
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Has been a while, so... bump
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Bump for price drop. Open to offers.
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The Centurion is off to Kansas City in a trade for three offensive linemen.
The Passage remains, and I'm quite willing to make a trade. The headset and BB need service, but it's such a pretty color. If I didn't have my plate full of other projects, I could see myself keeping it.
The Passage remains, and I'm quite willing to make a trade. The headset and BB need service, but it's such a pretty color. If I didn't have my plate full of other projects, I could see myself keeping it.
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The Centurion is off to Kansas City in a trade for three offensive linemen.
The Passage remains, and I'm quite willing to make a trade. The headset and BB need service, but it's such a pretty color. If I didn't have my plate full of other projects, I could see myself keeping it.
The Passage remains, and I'm quite willing to make a trade. The headset and BB need service, but it's such a pretty color. If I didn't have my plate full of other projects, I could see myself keeping it.
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When I was in High School, I was a pretty good runner. The swimming coach at my High School was a friend of my father's and he persuaded me to join the swim team, claiming it would improve my running. I knew how to swim, but was (still am) a "sinker". While I definitely improved over the course of the season, it was not fun. Between Nixon's year-round daylight savings and swim practice, I barely saw the sun that winter - pretty much only when I went to indoor track meets on Saturdays. Throughout that season, I swam on the JV team, and during course of the season I only finished ahead of two people in individual events. One was a teammate who was goofing off, and the other was a Middle School girl who was swimming the 50 yard freestyle as an exhibition event. It was a heck of a way to spend my Sophomore winter. The next year, the coach made no effort to persuade me. He asked me once and my "no" was the end of it.
For me, swimming is like parachuting. It only is useful in survival situations. There are multiple, more efficient ways to get from point A to point B in the water, and it is not even remotely "fun", so why bother? It's not even like you can enjoy watching the world pass by in agonizing sloth-like fashion. Canoeing or kayaking makes infinitely more sense to me.
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I've actually done some mental exercises on the pedal / portage / paddle thing. I now have two Tucktec folding kayaks, a Mongoose Montague-style folding bike, and an old Burley folding trailer. So far all I've done is carried one of the kayaks in the trailer behind a hybrid or MTB to go paddling. But then I got to thinking....
The trailer will hold both kayaks. So technically, I could:
* Carry both kayaks, one paddle, one PFD, to a put-in point, using the Mongoose.
* Unfold both kayaks, fold the Mongoose and the trailer and put them in one kayak.
* Tie the bow of that kayak to the stern of the one I'd be paddling.
* Paddle, with the "gear" kayak tied in tandem behind me, to another way-point.
* Take out, unfold the bike and trailer, fold both kayaks, put the kayaks in the trailer, and be on my way.
Only question is, will the Mongoose and the trailer both fit in one kayak?
I still think the aquatic portion of a cool triathlon should involve a hot tub.
The trailer will hold both kayaks. So technically, I could:
* Carry both kayaks, one paddle, one PFD, to a put-in point, using the Mongoose.
* Unfold both kayaks, fold the Mongoose and the trailer and put them in one kayak.
* Tie the bow of that kayak to the stern of the one I'd be paddling.
* Paddle, with the "gear" kayak tied in tandem behind me, to another way-point.
* Take out, unfold the bike and trailer, fold both kayaks, put the kayaks in the trailer, and be on my way.
Only question is, will the Mongoose and the trailer both fit in one kayak?
I still think the aquatic portion of a cool triathlon should involve a hot tub.
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