Early 90s Diamondback Centurion Expert TG
04-06-24, 07:06 PM
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Early 90s Diamondback Centurion Expert TG
I bought this bike today for the frame fork. I don't like RX-100 so i stripped it and started building it up with 105 SC
It cleaned up real nice, the Maguire's polishing compound made the paint glow. I'll have it built up very soon.
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04-07-24, 10:53 AM
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Is that the orange with black line paint? Fantastic rider whatever the colour but I always looked for an orange one.
04-08-24, 02:42 PM
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Bite your tongue! Or, er, fingers. That's not a Diamondback, that's a Diamond Back. One's from Walmart and the other's only ever been parked at one.
Nice bike, BTW. Love the paint.
Nice bike, BTW. Love the paint.
04-09-24, 06:25 AM
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Had one of these BITD - very solid rider. Orange is never a bad choice.
04-09-24, 06:34 AM
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105 has better seals in the hubs and ball bearing thrust washers in the calipers. RX100 is nice, but 105 is superior in several ways.
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04-11-24, 05:26 PM
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04-11-24, 09:10 PM
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I built and sold these at the time. They really came off as road bike reinterpreted through the vision of a cutting edge MTB company - Tig'd stem and frame, MTB oversize tubing, MTB paint and graphics. These bikes were still WSI, but they were not Centurions.
04-13-24, 08:03 PM
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04-13-24, 10:14 PM
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I wasn't being literal.
The line went from being a Japanese lugged frame to an MTB flavored TIG product of Taiwan in 2 years. The Centurion decal was just a come-along for the brand loyal. At the time even the Japanese construction on 1990 models seemed like a bridge.
The line went from being a Japanese lugged frame to an MTB flavored TIG product of Taiwan in 2 years. The Centurion decal was just a come-along for the brand loyal. At the time even the Japanese construction on 1990 models seemed like a bridge.
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Yep, memory served me correctly........ .................................................................................................... the new fork crown, much more appropriate for a lugged frame.
With the replacement fork.
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