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Besides other stuff I like vintage road bicycles , Centurion is a interesting Co . It was started in Canoga Park , Ca. (a town I used to live in) . They made nice commuter bikes and they also made full on racers , namely one they dubbed the "Centurion Iron Man". At the time the Italian's and the Brits' not to mention other other Euro countries were really into making the road bikes sophisticated , OK Schwinn also but this was the early 80s' Schwinn was pretty much done . Anyhow the Centurion group were not mfgs. they were designers , they had their bikes built in Japan . However they pioneered some really sophisticated frame tubing (Tange 1 & Prestige) , google it it's awesome . haha I'm not a Iron Man . Iron Man designation is given to people who race the IM events where they bike , swim , run. It's big in Hawaii . Back to Centurion , at the end of the end of the late 80's they felt the need to reinvent themselves and now are currently called Dimond Back and had a good run producing BMX bikes . I always felt they could have done all this in the good ol' USA . IMO .
Here are some pictures of my 86' Centurion Iron Man .
Here are some pictures of my 86' Centurion Iron Man .