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Stolen Centurion Bikes: UK Frame-Number Check (Free)
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Centurion frame numbers are stamped underneath the bottom bracket. If a motor or a chainguard covers that area, check the underside of the down tube and the rear dropouts. Run the frame code through Cyclesite's free lookup for an instant UK check against a stolen-bike registry and rider-filed theft reports.
Where Centurion stamps the frame number
Under the bottom bracket, with two things that commonly hide it: a mid-drive motor on the electric models, and a full chainguard on the trekking bikes, which is easy to forget because it is not an obstruction you expect. If either is in the way, work along the underside of the down tube and then the rear dropouts. Motor and battery serials are separate component numbers.
Centurion on the UK used market
Centurion is a German brand seen here mostly in trekking and electric trekking bikes, the practical, mudguarded, rack-carrying machines bought for commuting and touring. Those are bikes left locked outside offices and stations for hours at a time. A chainguard hiding the shell is a minor inconvenience for an owner and a convenient excuse for a seller, so insist on seeing the code rather than accepting that it cannot be reached.
FAQs
- Where is the frame number on a Centurion?
- Stamped under the bottom bracket. If a motor or chainguard covers it, check the underside of the down tube and the rear dropouts.
- The chainguard is in the way. Is that normal?
- On a trekking bike, yes, and it is not a reason to give up. The code can usually be read from the down tube or dropouts instead.
- Is the motor number the frame number?
- No. Motor and battery serials identify those components and either can be replaced.
Police datapolice.uk releases
Most stolen bikes are never traced back to anyone
Police recorded 28,531 bicycle thefts across 44 UK city centres over three years. A suspect was identified in 10.1% of closed cases, and 1 in 33 reached a charge. Pick an area for the local picture.
Jun 23Down 25% in three yearsMay 26
- 8,221
- thefts recorded in 12 months
- −12%
- change on the year before
- 10.1%
- of closed cases had a suspect identified
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