Interestingly, we have ONE other Rudge in the Gallery, and it’s a spittin’ image of John W’s Royale below.

1970 (?)
Rudge Royale

Huret shifters. All steel except for an Italian alloy stem.

Welcome first-time submitter, Bill B. This is his ’77ish Fuji Gran Tourer.

Make: Fuji
Model Gran Tourer
Year Around 1977
Place Of Purchace: I purchaced this bike new at Erlanger Cyclery Cincinnati(Finneytown) loaction. Erlanger Cyclery is not longer in business. Not sure when they sold or went out of business. The store location where the bike shop once was is now Maverick Comic Books & Baseball Cards Store.

I used to ride this bike to high school. (graduated in 1979) I used to bungee cord my books to the luggage rack that is still attached to the bike. I guess today they would strap their laptop to the luggage rack. At my high school they had what was called senior priveliges that allowed you to leave school grounds for lunch. I would jump on the Fuji and race home for lunch and then back to school. The bike is all original with the exception of the front wheel which was stolen in the summer of 1979 while the bike was locked out back at the Wendys that I worked at. I still have and use the same bike lock cable (from around 1973) that is on the luggage rack in the backyard photos of the bike. The Honda Element that I have with the Fuji in it makes a nice transport vehicle for the bike and our Three dogs. Not bike related, but that particular Element is a bit of a rarity also, because it is a hard to find combination of AWD and a 5 Speed stick shift. It seems like most of the Fuji Gran Tourers around that time were 12 speeds. Not sure why this one was a Ten Speed.

Bill B
West Chester Ohio

Here’s another beauty sent in by another Ryan, this time it’s Ryan H. and this is his 1977 Schwinn Le Tour II mixte.
Have a great weekend.

First, thanks for giving all of us old ten speed lovers a place to post these old beauts. I’d like to submit this to the gallery

1977
Schwinn Le Tour II
Mixte

It was rescued from a garage sale in the Rocky Mountains outside Denver. When I got it, everything was corroded, rusted, or missing. I cleaned and polished all of the metal, flushed, installed new ball bearings and repacked all bearings, new cables, housing, tires, tubes, saddle. Replaced the rear derailer and installed toe clips. I tried to make it appropriate to the 70′s era ten speed while making it perfectly functional for another 40 years.

I intentionally skipped yesterday in the hope one of you might pony-up and start the bidding on MSB’s Peugeot up for auction but alas, it appears we’re all a bunch of tire kickers. Today we’re back regular scheduled programming, so kick away!

This is Ryan B’s (girlfriend’s) ’89 Centurion Ironman Dave Scott. This color combo reminds me of when my daughter dresses herself.

Year: 1989
Make: Centurion
Model: Ironman Dave Scott Master
Drivetrain: Full Shimano 600 grouppo
Frame and fork: Tange 1 tubing
Price paid: $150

I picked this bike up for my girlfriend. She wanted to make it a little more girly so we did a few modifications.
So let me start by saying I LOVE Centurion bikes. They were very well built. Light, nimble, smooth, great paint and finish. Plus they usually came specked with nice stuff. I would really like to get one of these frames in my size….preferably in the smoked gray/white color. Anyways, this is how it has progressed….

Upgrades

Ultegra/Mavic Open pro wheelset
Light blue Pro Race 3 tires
New cassette/chain, and red bottle holder
New cables with purple housing
New Cane Creek SC1 brake levers (The old Shimano 600 hoods were beat up and VERY hard to find)
Purple bar tape

Let me start by saying, this IS still the Old Ten Speed Gallery, and that IS what we will continue to be. That said, I have elected to post this next bike despite its somewhat ‘off-topic’ appearance. Let me explain why this bike will get in but others will not.

1. The magnificent Pie Plate!
2. All the Chrome!
3. The SunTour derailers.
4. The fender-mounted headlamp (FMH??).
5. It IS old and a 10-Speed.

Hello to all the good people at OTS/Cameron! I don’t know if this will make the cut, ” but hey, it has TOUR in it’s model name!” Mountain bikes don’t tour…do they? Originally this bike came with 15 speeds, but I run only ten with the smaller chain ring up front removed. ( Is it just me, but I’ve always thought that silly 3-4 inch chain ring was useless for most applications!?! ) An older gentleman had this bike leaning up against the wall in his garage, with six other bikes leaning up against it. We dug it out–and to my amazement it had only a small insignificant dent on the top tube, nearly unnoticeable. Thirty dollars later, I had a new resto’ project….and this is the fruit of my labor. Sakae cranks Araya rims/Vittoria commuters Dia compe cantilever brakes Suntour everything: shifters, front/rear derailleurs Original suspension seat post Chromed frame/forks/fenders/bars/head lamp (D batteries of course)/massive pie plate/water bottle holder “This bike has more chrome showing than a convention of bald men.” **to note: lizard skins chain stay protector not chrome…block pedals strictly intentional by design

 ( formerly DEARSIRCOLON, Stevie James…BeaterRezQ works for me )