$80 on craigslist bought me a very nice bike that hardly flies "under the radar" so to speak, and I love it!
CENTURION Bikes - In Deutschland entwickelte E-Bikes, Mountain Bikes, Gravel Bikes, City/Trekking Bikes und Race Bikes. Centurion Overdrive Road Z4000 2019 E-Bike grey black frame size XS/S (48 cm) £3,547.90. [4] consolidating their road and touring bikes under the Diamond Back (later DiamondBack) brand. : 150lbs, Champion #1 Cozy Yamakoshi, product and development manager, worked with Mike Bobrick (Executive President of WSI) and Sandy Finkelman (1947–2005)(Diamond Back team manager and product development) and left Diamond Back in 1986, to start Parkpre Mountain Bike in 1989.
There may have been exceptions to these basic color schemes but the ones described here seem to dominate. ELITE GT (1984): Entry level touring model with a single butted, Tange #4 frame, SunTour MounTech derailers, Sugino triple crank and Dia-Compe cantilevers. Tom adds that he did not receive enough samples for 1970s models and does not have enough research material on Centurions of the 1970s to figure out serial number codes from that period.
If someone among you, dear readers, has the key to the 1970s serial number date codes, we're all ears! The Trac was WSI's response to the rise in popularity of velodrome racing in the early 1980s. It can be seen as the touring version of the Semi-Pro but with a slightly stronger Champion #2 frameset and the touring versions of the Semi-Pro's nice mix of Sugino and Suntour components. N4E0283, as an example, would indicate this is the 283rd frame made during the period of weeks 9-10 in 1984.
The format varies somewhat and I have a limited number of samples, but in all cases the first number appears to represent the year of manufacture. Alle News ansehen, Das E-Fire Country vermittle „Fahrspaß pur“.
Bei der Premiere der Deutschen E-MTB Meisterschaft in der Vulkaneifel konnte Was hoping someone can fill me in a bit. Funktionale Cookies (Spracherkennung, Bündelung Serveranfragen und sichere Datenübertragung), Hannes Genze - eine außergewöhnliche Tour. Max Rider Wt. Sie können Ihre Einwilligung später jederzeit im Datenschutz ändern/ widerrufen.
There are gaps in what I think I know and there are certainly inaccuracies but I believe nevertheless that this introductory overview is a useful start to learning more about this very nice line of American-designed and Japanese-made bicycles. But price comparisons alone are not a perfect measure of quality for bikes from this period because as the Japanese Yen skyrocketed against the US dollar during the late 1980s, US-dollar prices of Japan-made bikes consequently soared across the board. It first appeared in the 1970s as a 10-speed with a high-tensile steel frame, but by the early 1980s appeared as a 12-speed with a Tange Infinity tubeset and a mix of Suntour and Sugino components. TURBO (1983 -1984): Mid- to high-end model featuring a Tange #1 frame. Production shifted to Taiwan. It would evolve into the Ironman for 1985. WSI ceased operations in 2000. Tang's lightest "street legal" tube set. black).
It should also be noted that the paint jobs throughout the 1980s, regardless of color scheme, were of very high quality, featuring four primer and finish coats and a sealing polymer clear coat. mehr The Turbo was a bit more expensive than the Comp TA, perhaps reflecting the difference in tubesets and varied group offerings. View cart for details. Diese Webseite nutzt Cookies für Funktions- und Statistikzwecke. Components varied significantly, depending on the year. These durable finishes, along with the high-quality Japanese frames and components of the late 1970s and 1980s, have made Centurions among the favorites of vintage steel-framed bike seekers today. Lower- end models of this period featured Infinity tubing for the three main tubes and high-tensile tubing for seat and chain stays and fork blades.
The Pro weighed 23lbs; the Semi Pro 24lbs. : 175lbs, Champion #2 The Turbo weighs in at 21.75lbs; the Comp TA at 22.7lbs. Barring a major components upgrade at some point in a bike's history, one can confirm a bike's age by the dates found on the majority of components in its groupset. The bars and stem were Cinelli (flying C logo); derailers and shifters were Campagnolo Nuovo Record; brakeset was Universal (standard on many Cinellis); headset, bottom bracket and crankset were top-of-the-line Ofmega Mistral, beautifully made and finished to compete with Campagnolo. Top 0.9 - 0.6 - 0.9mm The difference in weight between Champion #1 and #2 tubing (and the later high-end tubing used for Centurions, simply labeled Tange #1 and Tange #2 by about 1985) was so small (less than 3oz for a 58cm c-c frame, all eight tubes) that it seems a bit silly to debate supposed frame quality differences between these two high-end tubesets. The Comp TA (short for Competition Tri-Athlon) first appeared on the market in 1984 with a frame design identical to that of the Turbo. The use and rider weight notations are intended to be only rough guidelines. The 1983 version featured SunTour Cyclone but was upgraded to SunTour Superbe Pro for 1984. Max Rider Wt. But high-end models of the late 1970s boasted Tange Champion tubing (#1 or #2, etc). Tubeset Weight: 2270 grams