Centurion Professional
03-26-08 | 12:05 PM
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Centurion Professional
Hey Gang!
I've got what I'm pretty certain is a 1978 Centurion Professional... well, I know it's a Pro, I just am not 100% sure it's a '78, but the hubs it came with were Sanshins dated 78.
Aside from just seeking general information about the older Centurions, and trying to see if there are any 70s catalogs lurking out there in someone's stash, I have one specific question... When I bought this bike, it had Sanshin Professional (or ProAm, I don't have them in front of me) hubs, laced to Mavic Module E rims, one of the earliest narrow clincher rims out there. Does that sound like something Centurion would have originally specced, or would it have had something else? Sewups? Arayas? Ukais? And what model? Anyone out there know when the Araya 20A was introduced?
Pics of the bike are at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/4382835...7604257636170/
Thanks!
Tim
I've got what I'm pretty certain is a 1978 Centurion Professional... well, I know it's a Pro, I just am not 100% sure it's a '78, but the hubs it came with were Sanshins dated 78.
Aside from just seeking general information about the older Centurions, and trying to see if there are any 70s catalogs lurking out there in someone's stash, I have one specific question... When I bought this bike, it had Sanshin Professional (or ProAm, I don't have them in front of me) hubs, laced to Mavic Module E rims, one of the earliest narrow clincher rims out there. Does that sound like something Centurion would have originally specced, or would it have had something else? Sewups? Arayas? Ukais? And what model? Anyone out there know when the Araya 20A was introduced?
Pics of the bike are at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/4382835...7604257636170/
Thanks!
Tim
03-26-08 | 02:07 PM
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Lanky Lass
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Gorgeous bike! Perhaps you could add this to our Centurion serial number database thread?
Welcome to BikeForums, too!
East Hill
Welcome to BikeForums, too!
East Hill
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03-26-08 | 04:18 PM
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feros ferio
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
I like the sloping fork crown. 
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
03-26-08 | 04:19 PM
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Yeah it's beautiful. Those are awesome rims, even if they are not original I wouldn't sweat it, they are certainly period correct.
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