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Old 01-13-21, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by texaspandj
Got this today

What could it be?

Took 10 minutes to get to this point...even with help from a bowie knife.

Took another 10 min to get here. It's a Centurion Comp TA! Courtesy of Robbie Tunes.
looks to be a early Comp TA, with the 83 Graphics and gold color headtube.
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I have an '85,'86,'87,'88,'89 Ironman...Now I have the Pre-Ironman.
RT sent it to me.
I was gonna post the question, who will be the first to post a 'New" Ironman this year? I Won! Technically it's not an Ironman, so someone can still be the first in 2021.
The other question, how long will it take for me to get it on the road?


52cm, Shimano 600 HS. It's really light. And the red is Very Nice. I think I have everything needed to get it road ready.
I'm very grateful, Thanks@RobbieTunes.

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Originally Posted by texaspandj
I have an '85,'86,'87,'88,'89 Ironman...Now I have the Pre-Ironman.
RT sent it to me.
I was gonna post the question, who will be the first to post an Ironman this year? I Won! Technically it's not an Ironman, so someone can still be the first in 2021.
The other question, how long will it take for me to get it on the road?


52cm, Shimano 600 HS. It's really light. And the red is Very Nice. I think I have everything needed to get it road ready.
I'm very grateful, Thanks@RobbieTunes.
Nice! RT was the king of generosity. Keep the flame burning.
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Same as my 85

Originally Posted by fleslider
Continuing the page 385.

My 85 is still in pieces, but here is as received image of it. it came from the Original owner who also had the 85 Catalog on the site.

I found your pic interesting as I too have an 85. I posted it a few years ago and haven’t ridden it much or serviced it yet. Reason I am posting is mine also has the aero brake levers and the short stem. Discussion from before said they had been changed as the levers were from an 86. Mine is the 58cm frame and it seemed quite stock, but I figured there were more knowledge folks here. Mine had some tri bars on it so I assumed the change was made to not have cables in the way. I will be curious as to the originality of yours. Pretty color scheme that year.
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Nice! RT was the king of generosity. Keep the flame burning.
Yep yep.

The frame is so light. And the red is fantastic looking. If someone has an '85 Ironman they know what I'm talking about.
It's gonna be a fun project, the problem is, I'll probably have it done by the weekend.
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Originally Posted by texaspandj
Yep yep.

The frame is so light. And the red is fantastic looking. If someone has an '85 Ironman they know what I'm talking about.
It's gonna be a fun project, the problem is, I'll probably have it done by the weekend.
My 83 SR Semi Pro is that color combo. As you said, the red is fantastic.
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Originally Posted by texaspandj
Yep yep.

The frame is so light. And the red is fantastic looking. If someone has an '85 Ironman they know what I'm talking about.
It's gonna be a fun project, the problem is, I'll probably have it done by the weekend.
Man, that is BEAUTIFUL! I can't wait to see how you build it up! Having a red '85 Ironman myself, I definitely know what you're talking about. It's hard to capture just how deep, rich, and vibrant the colors are on camera. It's so much better in person!

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The parts are still trickling in for the black Turbo. One shipment that is evidently lost in the mail is the rest of the original headset from the previous owner. So, I have to install a new headset. The new one will be a Tange Levin. I will post the tools used/ method now in seperate/continued posts from my phone with pics.
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Is this an opportunity to post this '85 once again?

Or this '86?
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Here we go. The tools used were:
Bench vise, hammer, punch.
7/8" dowel, 1" ID PVC pipe( both from Lowes/HD.)
C/G clamp, sections of 2×4.
various sizes of washers and socket heads to match the sizes of the headset parts.
Cardboard, etc for surface protection.
Old headset nut.

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Headset replacement continued.

Put the old headset nut on the fork. Wrap the fork in protective covering. Put it in the vise with the blades vertical of each other. TIghten the vise tight enough to act as a ledge for the crown race. Do not tighten enough to engage the fork blades. Hold a 2x4 section on the headset nut. Strike the 2x4 section with hammer until the crown race comes off.

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Headset replacement continued.

Mount the fork on a 2×4 section sitting on something the has the fork dangling as pictured. The boxes are for reference only. I actually used stacks of bricks. Remove the old headset nut. Slip on the new fork crown race. Turn the old fork crown race upside down and slip on above the fork crown race. Slip on section of PVC pipe. Hold section of 2x4 to PVC pipe. Strike 2x4 with hammer until crown race is fully installed. Remove old crown race and PVC pipe.

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I get the pvc pipe but what's the dowel for?
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Headset replacement continued:

Use punch and hammer inside the head tube to get one end of the headset started moving. Insert a washer/socket small enough to barely slip through the headset hole and sit on top of end you got to move. Use the hammer and punch on top of the washer to finish removing the headset part.



Insert a washer/socket through the end with the headset part removed. Insert the 7/8" dowel on top of the washer. Strike the dowel with the hammer until the other headset part is removed.

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this is an interesting way to remove an old headset.
I just sawed some lines into a copper pipe, bent the ends out, and slip it down to grab the edges of the old headset cup, then hit the end with a hammer. Its a homemade version of a commonly sold tool.
This washer and punch setup is very interesting though.

And for the crown race, I just use a chisel and hammer with a handful of hits all around the race to loosen it. Maybe thats always worked thru the luck of not having difficult races to remove?


Anyways, cool process. Its neat to see alternative ways to how I do things. A different perspective helps with knowledge and problem solving.
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Headset replacement continued:

Use the C/G clamp and washers big enough to press the new parts into the head tube. This should be a 2 person job. One person needs to hold the cups straight while they begin to seat. The preferred method is a threaded bar with washers/nuts at each end. There are examples of this method online. However, I have another mounted bench vise big enough to press the cups in. I used the clamp method just to get the cups started.

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Headset replacement continued:

Once I got the cups started with the clamp, I moved to the bigger vise with some thick cardboard for surface protection. Pressed the cups in the rest of the way. Done.


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Originally Posted by mstateglfr
this is an interesting way to remove an old headset.
I just sawed some lines into a copper pipe, bent the ends out, and slip it down to grab the edges of the old headset cup, then hit the end with a hammer. Its a homemade version of a commonly sold tool.
This washer and punch setup is very interesting though.

And for the crown race, I just use a chisel and hammer with a handful of hits all around the race to loosen it. Maybe thats always worked thru the luck of not having difficult races to remove?


Anyways, cool process. Its neat to see alternative ways to how I do things. A different perspective helps with knowledge and problem solving.
I really think the method is determined by what tools/materials you have available to you. My methods generally are based on how I can do something with the least amount of possible damage to the frame/parts. The old headset(if the rest of it ever shows up) is a very valuable part. I don't want to damage it in any way if I can avoid it. If the rest of it had shown up by now I wouldn't have replaced it. I would be afraid of gouging the area around the fork crown with a punch/chisel. That's just me and my shaky hand coordination talking.

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That frame has a lot of paint blemishes. I normally wouldn't do much touch up because of having to match paint and my shaky hand coordination skills. But since it's black, the paint will be easy to match. I'm going to make a good effort to make the paint look better.

From this day forward, when I work on this frame or one of the IMs, I'm going to start by listening to Don McClean's "American Pie."

Just because.

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Originally Posted by rccardr
Is this an opportunity to post this '85 once again?

Or this '86?
The red ones like this one and the one above are so hot. You have one pic of the charcoal one where it looks blue/silver to me. Maybe it's this pic and my memory is bad. The blue/silver combo would have been hot also. The 85 Prestige has the silver/charcoal combo also. But the catalog pic has a greenish backgound, so the bike appears(to me) to be silver/green. The catalog pic is awesome! I'm guessing the silver/charcoal combo is really affected by the background colors. The rims on the bottom one are SMOKING HOT! I don't know if they're original, but wow.

You've posted a pic of a red bike on one of the other threads. I think it was a Schwinn. Anyway, it had some matching red rims that were super hot. They almost glowed like molten lava!

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Originally Posted by texaspandj
Dura ace bb,hs,fd,rd,hubs.
600 crankset, brakeset,aero seatpost.
First generation aerobars, and gripshift.
Oem stem and saddle.
My '86 for page 386.
It's my favorite Ironman.
I built this to replicate my Pinarello from BITD. Also, I initially built the Pinarello to replicate the '86 Ironman.
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Originally Posted by sd5782
I found your pic interesting as I too have an 85. I posted it a few years ago and haven’t ridden it much or serviced it yet. Reason I am posting is mine also has the aero brake levers and the short stem. Discussion from before said they had been changed as the levers were from an 86. Mine is the 58cm frame and it seemed quite stock, but I figured there were more knowledge folks here. Mine had some tri bars on it so I assumed the change was made to not have cables in the way. I will be curious as to the originality of yours. Pretty color scheme that year.
My 85 was also updated to Aero Levers they were Aero Gran Compe's they should be non Aero Shimano 600 levers (which it will be going back to) the rear derailleur was also changed to a 600 tricolor. the bars and stem were also changed, the bars were newer 2000'ish era bars. The Aero levers were a common change when they came out in 1986ish. it was the thing to do.

For yours having tri bars i would suspect that yeah they changed the brake levers when they put the Tri bars on. not sure how well a non aero brake lever would function with Tri bars.
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