Originally Posted by T-Mar
Richardmasoner. Hmm, another alpha free serial number! I've never seen an Accordo with Shimano 105. Fade paint suggest 1988 or 1989, but the 1989 was spec'd with Exage, so 1988 seems the choice by process of elimination.
I'm going by memory on the components so I could be wrong about the 105. I remember it had Biopace chainrings and downtube shifters that could convert from friction to indexed shifting. I seem to recall 105 being the low-end back in the late 80s -- Sora and Tiagra didn't exist back then.
I didn't think Centurion still existed as a brand in 89 -- When did they change the name of the company to Diamondback?