Re: [CR]Centurion Pro Tour info sought

(Example: Framebuilders:Pino Morroni)

Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:50:43 -0600
To: Jay Sexton <jvs@sonic.net>
From: "Mark Stonich" <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Centurion Pro Tour info sought
In-Reply-To: <4401E490.4050105@sonic.net>
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

At 2/26/2006 09:25 AM -0800, Jay Sexton wrote:
>A question for you Centurion Pro Tour owners. What size seat post
>does your bike take? Yesterday I was lucky enough to score an early
>Centurion Pro Tour (the model with the brazed centerpull brakes and
>beautiful pin striping) and it appears to take a smaller seat post
>than my two later Pro Tours. Looks to be 26.8. The other two I
>have use 27.0.
>Also, what crankset, seat post, rims and hubs would have come stock
>on this bike?

Jay, I have the first year, 10 speed ProTour from 1977. It has a 26.4mm seat post.

Most of what you need to know is here. http://bikesmithdesign.com/temp/ProTour1.jpg http://bikesmithdesign.com/temp/ProTour2.jpg If it's not clear in your browser, open the images in your image viewing software.

Mark Stonich;
Minneapolis Minnesota
http://mnhpva.org
http://bikesmithdesign.com