Tires and fenders for 1989 Centurion Sport DLX?
07-14-18, 03:13 PM
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Tires and fenders for 1989 Centurion Sport DLX?
Yet another bike snuck into the garage. It looks to be a well maintained 1989 Centurion Sport DLX with an Exage Motion groupset and Biopace rings. The wheels are kind of wonkey with narrow rims. so I went ahead and bought a CR-18 wheelset from Velomine. The chainstays are the narrowest wheel clearance at around 38mm, so I ordered a set of 32mm Panaracer Gravel kings. The brake calipers are Shimano BR A250's with 57mm max front and 67mm max rear. I'll get pictures when I get a chance, but was wondering if some one was familiar with this particular bike, and its suitability for fenders. I believe the frame is the same Sport Tour geometry as the Lemans, Accordo and Cavaletto of the same vintage. Thanks
07-14-18, 04:25 PM
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Im pretty interested what you discover on this. Ill be building up an 87 Accordo mixte here soon, and was curious what size fenders and tires I can sneak in there.
07-15-18, 03:31 PM
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I’d be surprised if you got fenders to fit. With that 38mm clearance I’d be interested to see what those 32 tires do after you sit on them.
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07-15-18, 05:13 PM
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I was thinking 28s on my side. Give a little bit more room to work with.
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The 38mm measurement was a quicky and skewed torwards pessimism. I did a brief search on the Centurion Sport Touring bikes and 32's and 35's working came up a couple times, so I'm optimistic on tire size. The tenative plan is to get a set of cheap 42mm sks commuter fenders and split them if nessessary. I'm 230lbs and riding 38mm tires so I'm hesitant to drop to 28mm
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Well.... I checked the chainstays again and 38mm is the clearence. The rim to brake vertical clearance is also 38 mm. So I chickened out and sent the 32mm tires back and ordered 28mm gravelkings. The fenders eyeballed ok with the calipers, but I will know more when the tires arrive. I managed to ride my two functional bikes into the ground concurrently, so this bike needs to get on the road, skinny tires and all...
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