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I own a bike i bought few years back , its a "Centrix" with one piece crank ,a brass emblem with something unreadable on the bottom, no serial number on the frame , a cracked Bendix coaster brake hub with unreadable serial number...
i search the net for way to many time without any trace of a Centrix company or bike
its now repainted cause it was already crappy peeling rattle can painted .. have no original seat or handle bar or accessories
but when stipping the paint , i saw some less sanded parts of the frame that was red with white pint stripes , seams like the stripes were running on all the tubes since i found trace of it every where
do somebody know this company , these bikes or have seen one in original condition , know how rare , history ???
thanks
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sorry for bad quality pictures , that was couple years ago with a bad camera , ill post picture of what it look like now to have a better idea of the thing.
Thanks in advance for any helpful infos!
 
frame / fork / crank / pedals / front gear is original , "the tank is made by me"
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after looking more closely to the emblem , it look like a 7 letter word bellow witch the last 3 letters are ( ? ? ? ? ? R M A ) what iam sure is the last 2 (MA)
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any one could at lease know approximatively from what era or were it is from ? i think its from the 40's but i don't know much..
 
omg i think your right .. Thank! i have to do more search with this info now..
but now i wonder if the Bendix hub it came with was original or i should of have a Centrix hub :?: :!:

found this ... dont know if its the same company or a new one
http://albany.craigslist.org/bik/3240497078.html
 
I belive I seen brass welds which would date it late 40s, early 50s. nice bike...
 
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This is my other western German.

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I put away a few parts and let the kids ride it. Front axle German tyres Swiss tubes those worn out grips just in case some fool recognizes it as one of the 14 that shipped during WWII and wants to give me $50,000 for it *grins*
 
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