and very pleased with it.
The 'ride it to the kids school and back' test shows it's springy (with those thin stays it's not a surprise) but not wibbly.
Off road tonight and I'll see if I like it with 140mm forks (make it a degree slacker than advertised according to my iphone app) or whether I'll drop them to 120 - certainly doesn't feel too slow or like it wants to tuck under when turning so may well leave it.
The drop outs are lovely.
(sorry about the leaves)
That is a bike of beauty, enjoy 
Very nice indeed
*approves*
that looks nice. i almost bought one for the saving, but really couldnt justify another steel hardtail when i love the one ive got already.
Damn. That is lovely.
I always wanted a Curtis, and when the sale popped up I had a set of wheels and a set of Pikes spare. Dunno how I resisted, to be honest, but I managed to sell the Pikes and wheels and not buy the frame.
Got my S1 built - definitely needs some bouncey forks on it...
I got a surprise when I came to rust proof it - I've never had a brazed frame before - they don't have holes for gases to escape (they're even sealed where the tubes mitre together) so nowhere to get the waxoyl in except the seat tube top and the bottle mounts on the seat and downtubes.
Did you find the seat-tube insert thing made the post insertion pretty tight??
Darn I should have got one of those Curtis frames!
DBW - not really, quite 'snug' - had to open the seatclamp a bit to get it over the seat tube and then push the shim in afterwards but the Thomson will still slide down under the weight of the saddle if the clamp's not done up.
How light heavy is the frame?
Yummy
not weighed it myself - crc reckoned 4.15lbs / 2.25kgs - my arm says 'a bit less than an old skool Inbred'.
Nice!
My arm said a fair bit lighter than my Love/Hate I was holding in my other hand.
That's lovely 
Very Nice. Wish they'd had an S1 in my size 
crc reckoned 4.15lbs / 2.25kgs
4.15lbs is 1.88kg though?!
so it is.
well it's either 4.15lb or 4.96lb depending on if you believe in the metric system or not.
No, I'm not taking it apart to weigh the frame 
Just weighed the complete bike on my Aldi 'fisherfolk' scales and they say 'one at a time please' or 25.5lb which is probably about right I think, based on my other bikes.
Skinny Skinny!
yum
Very nice indeed.
Really lovely looking bike, quality build too by the looks of it - no wonder you're pleased.
I like that. Nice one.
Wow. A great looking bike, in spite of having more fork than I will ever need!
Eye candy..White saddle though please
Proper British made frame - love it
not many frames I'd swap for my Soul - but that's one....
FIT
Had my Custom 853 nearly 3 years and still love it.
Stays on 853 are even more pencil like and ultra comfy
Oh my.......
What frame is that guv? I went with a medium 'Freeride 140' in black, hope it looks as good as yours! It's waiting for me in Australia for when we get back in 3 weeks, looking forward to it! 
Have to say you can't beat a Curtis, that looks bob on...
I'm very tempted to trade my BMX in for a Red Trail boss frame ATM
how much where they doing that frame for in the sale?
200 quid!
Nice, very clean looking frame
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