In honor of the military tradition implied by its name, I'm taking a "hurry up and wait" approach with the Centurion. Right now, I'm mostly in a waiting state -- just random sanding in my spare moments. It's looking pretty good, if I do say so myself. Pretty much rust free. Curiously, there's no trace of rust in the tubes I can see -- none in the bottom bracket, none in the head tube, none in the seat tube. I guess it was a part of an elaborate ruse or a shabby chic finish style.