The term “fitness” is omnipresent these days. “Being fit” seems to be more important than ever. Some people even declare the mountain bike to be an appropriate instrument to obtain fitness in a pleasurable and successful way. Rightly so! But what about those who are just standing at the beginning of this way? Those who want to get “fit”, but are still lacking this healthy state at the moment? Those who don’t feel very comfortable on all too sportive bikes with speed-oriented geometry, flat cockpit and a stretched seating position?

The answer is simple and closer as you might think: He – or, with pleasure, she – rides a “Fit” also known as CENTURION Backfire Fit and trusts in the thoughtful engineering skills of our complete R&D expert team whose leisure time has still not begun after planning, designing, drawing and constructing our two-wheelers made and intended for cyclists with quintessentially sportive ambitions. Since a Backfire Fit with its “smoother” characteristics does not have to hide behind our athlete-oriented mountain bikes for sure – no way! This would be truly peculiar!

Because: The idea behind our Backfire Fit series is to enhance a mountain bike’s “wellness factor” while keeping up the machine’s sportive character. Primarily, we have “lowered” the seating position to achieve this objective: Thanks to BB lowering by 2 cm and a slightly flatter seating angle, the FIT series has a more moderate geometry. Together with the slightly longer head tube, this results in a seating position which is more upright than that of “conventional” mountain bikes – but still without geometric analogies to trekking or city bikes. Desired side effect: When stopping at traffic lights or interesting sights, the rider’s feet are always able to touch the ground in a safe and timely manner – another concession our developers made to the special genes of the Backfire Fit series. Moreover, getting in and off the saddle is easier due to the stronger top tube slope towards the seat tube.

In 2011, we offer no fewer than three Backfire Fit models. All FITs follow their special geometry while the version 100 is also available as lady bike with even lower step-through frame – to guarantee that absolutely nothing obstructs your way to individual fitness!