For Sale - 1981 NOS Centurion Elite's. Suntour Cyclone equipped!

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CitizenChain
11-01-07, 08:15 AM
NEW IN BOX!
1981
MAKE: CENTURION
MODEL: ELITE
SIZE: 62cm CC (TT 56cm) (Frame Size Callout: 25”) Stand Over: 34 ½”
COLOR: Maroon or Blue
MADE IN: Japan
FRAME: Tange Champion #5 Seamless CrMo Tubing
GRUPPO: SunTour Cyclone GT 5 sp
COGSET: Suntour Pro-Comp Gold
SHIFTERS: Suntour Power Shifter
CRANKSET: SR Apex 170mm 52/40 (Dated 79E)
BRAKES: Dia-Compe “0280”
WHEELS: Araya 27x1/4 Alloys TIRES: Centurion Road Racing Extra
STEM: SR / BARS: Sakae Custom w/Cloth Bar-tape.
PEDALS: MKS w/ Clips and leather straps / SEAT: Kasimax /

1981 model.
This is based on the following information (Much from the Centurion Serial Number Database thread on bikeforums)
1. S/N all begin with “N1” The first number of the Centurion S/N indicates year.
2. Brakeset: Dia-Compe brakeset are “0280” indicating 1980 manufacture. Supporting a 1981 build.
3. Crankset: SR Apex “79E” indicating 1979 manufacture, pipeline / stock for 81 build

Email me if interested. Selling BOXED. Once these are gone, they are gone. Great to use if you only want the Suntour NOS groupo for a "refit" as the frame makes for a great Fixie convert.

LOCATED IN SF.
PRICE 275 ea. Plus shipping.


jfmckenna
11-01-07, 10:39 AM
Is the TT really 55cm and the ST is 62? Thats an odd geometry no?

CitizenChain
11-11-07, 07:22 AM
Sorry... 56cm TT


Liberace
11-12-07, 09:38 PM
Just wondering

Hardheadmandca
11-13-07, 12:28 AM
Any pictures available?

CitizenChain
11-19-07, 05:56 AM
Getting quite a few emails.
OK, please find the following pix @ my site..

http://citizenchain.com/1981%20Centurion%20Elite%20Gallery.htm

If you are looking only for the frame let me know, makes a great single.

vmalmgren
11-19-07, 07:19 PM
Hi:

In the photos of both the blue and maroon bikes, the hoods, bar tape, saddle, and cable housings are all brown. But in the text below the gallery you say that the bar tape is black. Is there a choice between black and brown? If the bar tape on some of the bikes it black, then is everything else on those bikes black too?


Getting quite a few emails.
OK, please find the following pix @ my site..

http://citizenchain.com/1981%20Centurion%20Elite%20Gallery.htm

If you are looking only for the frame let me know, makes a great single.

poprad
11-30-07, 02:10 PM
Interested in the blue one; see my PM