Originally Posted by
ramzilla
Well.....................
I don't see any lugs. Looks like a butt welded steel frame to me. The chrome steel wheels with little dimples in the rim is a trademark of inexpensive bikes built in the late 70's early 80's.
The Simplex shifters & Weinmann brakes are way out place on a bike with a Centurion label. The Centurions from that era usually had SunTour or Shimano components on them.
I've bought, sold, traded and refurbished at least a dozen Centurion bikes over the last twenty years. Never seen nothing like this before. Just guessing. This bike must have been built for the European market & not sold in the US.
Agreed. I have my doubts Centurion had anything to do with this bike. Could have just been a low end French bike someone slapped Centurion decals on to resell at a time when Centurion was a known and respected name.
Maybe someone in the know can chime in on how much if any exporting Centurion (WSI) did to Europe and if they possibly used other fabricators than those they used for imports to the states.