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KRhea

11-28-09 11:26 PM

Centurion ID help please:

brooklyn_bike

11-28-09 11:57 PM

centurion professional. i'll guess 1978. should ride great.

http://sheldonbrown.com/centurion/index.html

txvintage

11-29-09 12:01 AM

Can you snap a pic of the underneath side of the bottom bracket? Is there tubing sticker?

KRhea

11-29-09 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by txvintage (Post 10085901)

Can you snap a pic of the underneath side of the bottom bracket? Is there tubing sticker?

Here ya go:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...n/P1010578.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...n/P1010602.jpg

Thanks

KRhea

abarth

11-29-09 02:19 AM

I don't know anything about your bike, but I am in love with it.

kpug505

11-29-09 02:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abarth (Post 10086093)

I don't know anything about your bike, but I am in love with it.

+1 ('cept the headbadge...Sorry. Just looks out of place to me.)

txvintage

11-29-09 02:59 AM

I tend to agree, with a fair amount of certainty, that it is a Professional. I'm not sure about the date codes from back then though so the year may take T-Mar or someone else to nail down

It's an absolutely beautiful frame set though. Very nice catch.

T-Mar

11-29-09 08:04 AM

+1. 1975 Centurion Semi-Pro. The frame for the Centurion Professional was a Cinelli clone, having the seat post binder bolt passing through the stay caps and the lugs being drilled with three holes.

melonbar123

11-29-09 09:49 AM

Coincidence:

http://spokane.craigslist.org/bik/1457124275.html
Centurion Semi Profesional frame - $125 (Spokane)

Date: 2009-11-08, 2:43PM PST
Reply to: sale-5cr7m-1457124275@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]

Very clean Centurion Semi Professional frame set Made with Tange #1 tubing
Has a tange headset and also a Ritchie Logic B.B. Suntour Drop outs.
few scratches but over all very clean bike these were some of the nicest bikes to come out of Japan at the time

Location: Spokane
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

http://images.craigslist.org/3md3p83...dc86dc184f.jpg http://images.craigslist.org/3n33k63...a34f1d14af.jpg

KRhea

11-29-09 04:13 PM

A big thanks to Winthrope for the details on this frame/bike. I checked Sheldon's site and couldn't find any mention of Pros or Semi-Pros so I really appreciate your help. I had thought it was a Semi-Pro but wasn't sure.

It measures a bit odd so I'm hoping I can make it work for me. Tall seat tube and short top tube.

Thanks again.

KRhea

RobbieTunes

11-30-09 11:06 AM

Well, if it doesn't work out, fit-wise, I'm right here.
Seriously. Awesome frame.

txvintage

11-30-09 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobbieTunes (Post 10090605)

Well, if it doesn't work out, fit-wise, I'm right here.
Seriously. Awesome frame.

Hehehe, I bet it's a perfect match for an orange reflector you just so happen to have laying around.

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