Centurion Spider-1 1982 (#1)
In the spring of 2012, I was lucky to find the remains from an old BMX shop in Gothenburg that closed in mid 80´s. Thanks to Christian (the BMX shop owner´s former stepson) for selling the parts to me! I was told that the BMX shop imported almost all their stuff from Germany and many parts was labelled as Centurion “Star Line” or “Pro-Line” parts (high quality parts from Japan, such as Tange, Sugino, SR, MKS etc).
There was two Centurion Spider-1 frame/fork/headset kits among all the parts. I have build them up with two different color schemes; this one in yellow/red/black, and the other one in yellow/blue/white. Almost all parts on this bike is NOS (new old stock), except for rims, hubs and brake.
Centurion is an old bike company, and in early 80´s they were into BMX for a short while. I haven´t found much information about Centurion BMX, but I think they have something to do with Diamond Back in some way. Otherwise, Centurion is best known for their road bikes.
The last two pictures is borrowed from a member at BMXmuseum.com (no hard feelings?) and it shows the Centurion Spider from an old catalogue from Germany.
The plastic chain protection is my favourite part of the bike. I used to have those chain protections on my bikes in the early 80´s. It made funny noices when you were pedaling.
Again, a big thanks to Christian for selling the parts to me! 🙂


FRAME |
Centurion Spider-1, yellow (NOS) |
FORK |
Tange TX-1200 1” threaded, yellow (NOS) |
STEM |
Hsin Lung – (SR-copy), silver/gold (NOS) |
HANDLEBAR |
Redline? V-bar, chrome (NOS) |
HEADSET |
Original 1”, chrome (NOS) |
GRIPS |
Centurion Mushrooms, yellow (NOS) |
CRANKS |
Sugino-copy 178mm 1-piece, chrome (NOS) |
BB |
US BB, chrome (NOS) |
CHAINWHEEL |
Sugino 44t, silver (NOS) |
PEDALS |
Sugino MaxyCross plastic 1/2”, black (NOS) |
CHAIN |
KMC Z 1/8¨, brown (NOS) |
CHAIN PROTECTION |
Plastic, black (NOS) |
SEAT |
Centurion Aero “ShotGun copy”, yellow (NOS) |
SEAT POST |
SR 7/8” aluminum, red (NOS) |
SEAT POST CLAMP |
Steel, yellow (NOS) |
BRAKES |
Lee Chi MX-1000, red (refurbished) |
BRAKEPADS |
Skyway copys, yellow (NOS) |
BRAKE LEVERS |
Chang Star Pre-bent, red (NOS) |
BRAKE CABLES |
Weinmann, black (NOS) |
RIMS |
Femco 7X 36H, polished (refurbished) |
FRONT HUB |
SR high flange 36H, red (refurbished) |
REAR HUB |
SR low flange 36H, red (refurbished) |
SPOKES |
Asahi 194mm, gold and chrome (NOS) |
FREEWHEEL |
Shimano 16T, chrome (mint-used) |
FRONT TIRE |
Comp III copy 20 x 2.125¨, black skinwall (NOS) |
REAR TIRE |
Comp III copy 20 x 1.75¨, black skinwall (NOS) |
TUBES |
Kenda, with yellow valve caps (NEW) |
PADSET |
Centurion Star-Line BMX racing, red/white (NOS) |
NUMBER PLATE |
Centurion “BMX Racing” padded plate (NOS) |
DECALS |
Original |































about 7 years ago
Mate ,
Love your work,great build.
Ive just made Centourion decals for a mate here in Aus.
Glynn