Hello, I just found an old Centurion and wondering if i should part it out of if it might be a collectors item?
Maxy cross cranks
Dia comp brakes center pull
SR stem
Suzie high flange hubs
suntour gear selector and derailor

Let me know what you guys thing before i trash it? All i could really use would be the crank arms for bmx.I looked on e-bay but just seen newer ones listed.

Not positive but sounds pretty low end to me. What steel is it?

You might want to check the guys in the classic and vintage threads at www.bikeforums.net or maybe cruise around www.classicrendezvous.com or even www.oldroads.com

I believe the Centurion may have been a decent bike BITD ...... made in Japan .... by Panaracer ...... the frame is probably lugged .... with Tange #1 tubing .... (I believe Tange #1 is butted - .9 .6 .9 - similar wall thickness to Columbus SL - but oversized ...... similar to Columbus 'Brain' ?) ..........

That would depend on the year, early ones were 1010 steel, in the early 80s they went with seamed CR-Mo tubing and near the end of the Centurion line, they went with Tange #2 tubing.

If it's an early ones (judging by the crank) you might not be able to use it for BMX cause if I remember right, the swedeged "spider" was also the outer 52 sprocket. The smaller 42 was bolted on to the sprocket/spider

The cranks have the one spider with bolth gears using the same bolts to hold them together it looks like bmx cranks unless the spacing is different?

It says: special 74 tubing, fabricated garantic.

hope this helps,ED

The Lemas was'nt one of their higher end models, if they in fact ever made anything high end. If the frame is LARGE like a 63cm it seems to have value on eBay for LARGE folk has been my experience. Certain SunTour derailleurs have value but my guess is that the Lemas model did'nt come with any ground breaking version of their drailleurs. In conclusion, Ed, keep your day job!