Post your Centurion Ironman.. For the love of 80s paint jobs!
02-11-19, 03:21 PM
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Nice don't need sunglasses to see it! I am getting used to yellow fade which is a bit wild for me.
02-11-19, 04:18 PM
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My granddaughter & I spent Friday evening putting her bike together. Kudos to my wife who let us do it in the kitchen since its cold and our garage is unheated. We got it together and put it on my trainer. Everything works well and fit seems close. Its 7 speed now but has the triple crank that Saypat sent. We put the wheels off my 89 on it for now until we figure out how how we are going to configure it with the wheels we got from SeedsBeleize. I suspect it will end up with Dura-Ace down tube shifters but she also has the option of brifters. We don't have bar tape on it yet. She ordered some but she is keeping it secret what color it is. Knowing that girl it may be chartreuse or something wild. What ever it is we will go with it, after all its her bike. Pictures when we get to take it outside.
02-14-19, 01:27 AM
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What replacement brake pads do y'all like for Suntour GPX or comparable brakes? I'm about the redo the handlebar, tape, cables and housings, might as well do the pads too. I'm still using the original Suntour, which have been okay but feel pretty hard now. I'm usually thinking more of go! than whoa! on the Ironman, but I should give a little more thought to stopping.
02-14-19, 11:49 AM
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What replacement brake pads do y'all like for Suntour GPX or comparable brakes? I'm about the redo the handlebar, tape, cables and housings, might as well do the pads too. I'm still using the original Suntour, which have been okay but feel pretty hard now. I'm usually thinking more of go! than whoa! on the Ironman, but I should give a little more thought to stopping.
I like to go with pad holders, and GPX calipers look great with the polished holder/pad combos from Jagwire and others.
None come with the toe-in adjustment, that I've seen. When I get pads that do, I'm usually missing a concave washer or two...
02-14-19, 12:19 PM
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For the same look, the Bell pads at Walmart work fine. Higher quality Tiagra pads will work fine.
I like to go with pad holders, and GPX calipers look great with the polished holder/pad combos from Jagwire and others.
None come with the toe-in adjustment, that I've seen. When I get pads that do, I'm usually missing a concave washer or two...
I like to go with pad holders, and GPX calipers look great with the polished holder/pad combos from Jagwire and others.
None come with the toe-in adjustment, that I've seen. When I get pads that do, I'm usually missing a concave washer or two...
I checked the Kool Stop catalog but their road bike rim brake pads are all those blocky things that make otherwise svelte bikes resemble Popeye's forearms before he gets his spinach enhanced battleship biceps.
02-14-19, 01:22 PM
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I can too however I use crayons by comparison.
02-14-19, 08:27 PM
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I meant to take a pic of my '88 Carbon but instead of the usual pic I wanted to change it up a bit. I'll do it tomorrow. Just too busy to day what with it being valentine's day; lines long, store busy etc. "Valentines day, the one one day the world tries to be as romantic as I am every day. Good luck world".
02-14-19, 10:35 PM
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I thought about stopping at REI to see what road bike brake pads they had in stock, but I was in a groove on a leisurely 40 mile ride and didn't feel like breaking it up with shopping. I rode the Univega today, not the Ironman, although my Clif Mocha gel pack is labeled Ironman -- that counts, right?
02-15-19, 09:01 AM
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I thought about stopping at REI to see what road bike brake pads they had in stock, but I was in a groove on a leisurely 40 mile ride and didn't feel like breaking it up with shopping. I rode the Univega today, not the Ironman, although my Clif Mocha gel pack is labeled Ironman -- that counts, right?
02-15-19, 06:14 PM
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02-15-19, 06:17 PM
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02-16-19, 12:34 AM
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02-16-19, 04:16 AM
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Sometimes we just push ourselves, trying to break the barrier or test ourselves I guess. I did the same thing Tuesday night. Due to my knee issue I hadn't grappled in a year! But decided to try it out... Why I did it against my top student who outweighs me by 50 pounds and is only 19 is the limit tester (or dumb indicator) Im not sure. But I'm paying for it now too! Mostly just sore in places I forgot I could get sore at. I'm 55 now, where's the wisdom I was promised?
Couldn't get out yesterday for pic but gonna try today for pics of my '88 carbon.
02-16-19, 09:19 AM
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Classtime posted this on the centurion serial number thread. Turns out a Centurion won the Hawaii Ironman in '82 too but it wasn't Dave Scott. https://recoveryourstride.blogspot.c...li-equipe.html
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02-16-19, 09:21 AM
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Here's a pic of the winning bike sans the handlebar basket.
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02-16-19, 11:19 AM
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What replacement brake pads do y'all like for Suntour GPX or comparable brakes? I'm about the redo the handlebar, tape, cables and housings, might as well do the pads too. I'm still using the original Suntour, which have been okay but feel pretty hard now. I'm usually thinking more of go! than whoa! on the Ironman, but I should give a little more thought to stopping.
02-16-19, 11:24 AM
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Yeah, high in 80s yesterday in Centex then 40s today. Fortunately it'll be in the 60s tomorrow for my scheduled ride.
Looking forward to yalls ride report.
Looking forward to yalls ride report.
02-16-19, 04:06 PM
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As good as it rides, changes are coming.
From a distance it looks like just a black bike but it's not.
The heart of the bike. Specialized bottles about 20 yo, walmart cages were cheap and hard shiny plastic that breaks, blinky mounted on wishbone instead of my normal seatpost placement.
Finally a pic if my '88 Carbon Ironman. It's built with what would have been standard for a triathlon in '88. Well the gripshift would have been a little different. I decided to dePICt it as ridden daily. I got the idea from C-Cat. Just show it the way you actually ride it. So everthing is left on including blinkys, phone holder etc.
So how bout it Irongents, pic it the way you ride IT.
02-16-19, 04:25 PM
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Cockpit view. 7 speed gripshift, and a Aldi 3 dollar wireless cyclemeter, and other half of blinky.
Front view.
Back view.
MO pics.
02-16-19, 05:11 PM
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Not sure if Biopace helps or hurts and the 172.5 crank arms are not my preferred 170 but these pedals are my favorite.
Very old tires tires but that's all I had...I'm not cheap just po... can't even afford the extra OR.
Inner tube wrap...uh it works for me.
I didn't do that to the saddle. Since the Carbon doesn't have a pump peg, I use a small one that's in the saddle bag. Also I gave a nylon toe strap wrapped around the walmart saddle bag.
Narrow probably 20 year old tires but at least there's tread...?
Need I say more?...I mean I've said a lot already.
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