[CR]Cirque bike diversity

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:33:00 +0000 (GMT)
From: <joebz@optonline.net>
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Subject: [CR]Cirque bike diversity

It would be good if there was a bit of caucusing about what bikes were b eing brought to the Cirque to fill in the more obscure gaps.  One ye ar I brought 7 bikes for display, this year one.  I could have bro ught a nice Dutch or Japanese (sort of nice) bike if I had known.Joe B ender-ZanoniGreat Notch, NJ----- Original Message -----From: Steve K urt Date: Monday, June 19, 2006 10:44 pmSubject: Re: [CR] Centurion info?To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> From: " Tim Fricker" > > "Seeing all the amazing bikes at Cirque has got
   me fired up > about the> idea of parking one or more of mine on the
   floor next year. And> seeing how there were no Japanese bikes on t he floor this year, what> better choice than my '78 (as near as I can tell, based on component> labels and such) Centurion Professiona l. So it's not a big name,> small production bike... it' s one I actually own, instead of > dream of,> and it's in pret ty darn good shape.> ......> No clue what pedals or sa ddle it would have had... right now> I have SPDs and a Brooks on
   it, but for "show" purposes I'd probably> put something like a pair of MKS track pedals on it. But what would> have been origina l I wonder?"> > > I don't recall if anyone responded to Tim' s question, but it's > been on > my "to do" list, if only because it resonated with me.> > My best guess would be one of the
   KKT pedals; probably one of > the > Pro-Ace models. These were
   generally copies of the Campy > pedals, but > with a better finis h on the body. Sort of a satin anodizing. I > still > have a p air that I got around '76. Very nicely made.> > Pics are in t he Palo Alto catalog, page 19 & 20:> http://bulgier.net/pics /bike/Catalogs/PaloAlto-76/> > The MKS pedals are a good pedal to us e, no doubt. I prefer to > subject > "modern" MKS pedals to
   regular abuse instead of wearing out my > Campy's. > ... and I may need to explain that I still use slotted cleats > exclusivel y.> regards,> Steve Kurt> > > __________ ________________________ _____________> Classicrendezvous mailing lis t> Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> http://www.bikelist.org /mailman/listinfo/classicrendezvous>