Author Topic: Curtis stuff at mk14 (Read 5343 times)

chubby · « **on:** October 04, 2015, 08:33 PM »

Anyone still got some pics of the Curtis frames that were displayed at mk14

Think they were in the corner of Phil & Steve's tent

chubby · « **Reply #1 on:** October 04, 2015, 10:25 PM »

Found em in Retrodans pics

Knew I'd not dreamt it

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Spen69 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2015, 12:01 AM »

They were Nick Gashead's

chubby · « **Reply #3 on:** October 05, 2015, 10:12 AM »

Quote from: Spen69 on October 05, 2015, 12:01 AM

They were Nick Gashead's

Been told some fella called Steve has em

Retrodan72 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 05, 2015, 10:31 AM »

Quote from: chubby on October 05, 2015, 10:12 AM

Quote from: Spen69 on October 05, 2015, 12:01 AM
They were Nick Gashead's

Been told some fella called Steve has em

I thought they were Nick's too Rich. $:-\$

chubby · « **Reply #5 on:** October 05, 2015, 11:00 AM »

Long story short, I've been offered 2ND dib dobs on one of the freestyle ones.
Fella told me only 2 were made & bloke called Steve owned the other.
No reason to doubt what he's saying but seeing as I remembered those from mk I thought I'd do some digging 😁

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Retrodan72 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 05, 2015, 11:04 AM »

Quote from: chubby on October 05, 2015, 11:00 AM

Long story short, I've been offered 2ND dib dobs on one of the freestyle ones.
Fella told me only 2 were made & bloke called Steve owned the other.
No reason to doubt what he's saying but seeing as I remembered those from mk I thought I'd do some digging 😁

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I can't say about the middle one, there may have only been 2 made. Nick or Griff could possibly contact Brian for you, to confirm.

As for the top one, there were a few of these made, Kappy had a couple, if I remember rightly.

chubby · « **Reply #7 on:** October 05, 2015, 11:08 AM »

It's like the middle one,without foot standers though. I'll see if I get as far as buying before I bother Brian 😁

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chubby · « **Reply #8 on:** October 05, 2015, 11:10 AM »

And it's got a straight downtube

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griff · « **Reply #9 on:** October 05, 2015, 11:55 AM »

no idea on these particular frames, but I know that there has been a lot of talk generally about stuff that's Curtis (but not necessarily made by Brian)

Apart from stuff he built himself, there are other Curtis frames made under licence by Rickman (these will have different serials - longer number neatly stamped, all Brian's were hand stamped and will have a shorter number)
Then there are the PR Radcing ones that get confused with Curtis - fook knows who made those but maybe someone can confirm

chubby · « **Reply #10 on:** October 05, 2015, 12:18 PM »

That's the nub of the problem Griff, made by Brian, someone that worked for Brian or some other related dude have a bearing on it's value. The only way to know for sure is asking him. He sounds like an amiable young fella & I'll ask if it goes that far 👍

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retrogeezer · « **Reply #11 on:** October 05, 2015, 02:30 PM »

only a handful of the middle one in existence, made around 86 from memory and each one I have seen has had small differences. The PR freestyle frames are also similar so make sure it is not a Curtis stickered one of those.

chubby · « **Reply #12 on:** October 05, 2015, 06:00 PM »

Quote from: retrogeezer on October 05, 2015, 02:30 PM

only a handful of the middle one in existence, made around 86 from memory and each one I have seen has had small differences. The PR freestyle frames are also similar so make sure it is not a Curtis stickered one of those.

Handful seems more than 2

retrogeezer · « **Reply #13 on:** October 05, 2015, 08:29 PM »

well, the one in the middle was mine, there was another owned by a chap in Kent without forks, one in Freestyle BMX mag that is slightly different and at least one other has been on ebay in the last 10 years.

Who says there are only 2 then?

retrogeezer · « **Reply #14 on:** October 05, 2015, 08:33 PM »

oh, and I've never seen another with matching forks..

chubby · « **Reply #15 on:** October 05, 2015, 08:47 PM »

Quote from: retrogeezer on October 05, 2015, 08:33 PM

oh, and I've never seen another with matching forks..

Forks don't match on this one either, not heard back off the seller so I'm presuming it's gone

chubby · « **Reply #16 on:** October 05, 2015, 08:48 PM »

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Gashead · « **Reply #17 on:** October 06, 2015, 07:03 PM »

Deffo mine

chubby · « **Reply #18 on:** October 06, 2015, 07:08 PM »

Quote from: Gashead on October 06, 2015, 07:03 PM

Deffo mine

Nice to know Nick or is it Steve

martin46 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 05, 2015, 08:32 PM »

Quote from: chubby on October 05, 2015, 08:48 PM

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This was mine and was definitely made by Brian. He confirmed the serial number and 2 centre punch marks on the bb shell personally, when I took it round to show him. The forks do match the frame, they may not have been original to the frame but were prototypes made by Brian back in the 80's and he said they would have been the same as what he would have used back then, with no standers as the frame didn't have any.

ED209 · « **Reply #20 on:** November 06, 2015, 04:45 PM »

get a 90s chunky Curtis ... much more fun than this stuff

chubby · « **Reply #21 on:** November 06, 2015, 05:10 PM »

Quote from: ED209 on November 06, 2015, 04:45 PM

get a 90s chunky Curtis ... much more fun than this stuff

Where's my trophy

chubby · « **Reply #22 on:** November 06, 2015, 05:11 PM »

Quote from: martin46 on November 05, 2015, 08:32 PM

Quote from: chubby on October 05, 2015, 08:48 PM

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This was mine and was definitely made by Brian. He confirmed the serial number and 2 centre punch marks on the bb shell personally, when I took it round to show him. The forks do match the frame, they may not have been original to the frame but were prototypes made by Brian back in the 80's and he said they would have been the same as what he would have used back then, with no standers as the frame didn't have any.

Thanks for the Info bud, unfortunately it never came my way in the end

martin46 · « **Reply #23 on:** November 07, 2015, 06:27 AM »

Who was selling it you? As those are also my pictures.

chubby · « **Reply #24 on:** November 07, 2015, 09:10 AM »

Quote from: martin46 on November 07, 2015, 06:27 AM

Who was selling it you? As those are also my pictures.

Fella called Martin Pearcy

It popped up on the fbook page that can't be named

Was vaguely dibbed so threw in 2nds . Seller didn't hear from the dibber so offered me, while I was digging about the original fella must of paid up n had it

Author Topic: Curtis stuff at mk14 (Read 5343 times)

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