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Photo Credit: VeloBase User azorch
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Name: | Centurion Head Badge 84/85 |
Brand: | Centurion |
Badge Type: | Painted or Decal |
Frame Types: | Vintage Lightweights |
Country: | United States |
Years: | 1980's |
Added By: | azorch on 10/19/11 |
Updated By: | Slider74 on 04/18/18 |
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Added from Frame Example for Model:
Headbadge appears on 1984-1985 Models, although it has been known that some early 84 models had the 1979-1983 Medallion headbadge |
Frame Examples using this style Head Badge |
Frame Example Name | Category | Added |
Centurion Turbo (1984) | Road Sport | 10/19/2011 |
In 69/70 Centurion was started as a brand of WSI, they were Importing bikes from Japan and labeling them as Centurions, a few years later they would introduce the Professional model which was made by Acer-Mex (same company that made Windsor Bicycles). which continued on til the late 70's when production of the Professional was moved over seas. in the mid 70 Centurion offered BMX bikes and quickly changed the BMX line to its own brand as Diamond Back in 1978 and in the early 80's sold Mountain Bikes. Most all of the models were made in Japan and some lower end models were made in Taiwan.
though one model was actually made by Cinelli for the US market in 1985, named the Cinelli Equipe
The Centurion name was dropped some time in 1990, and were rebranded as Diamond Back . for the first couple years these road bikes, declared on the frame graphics that it was "Designed by Centurion"