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No you don't, what utter rubbish
got my despatch email 🙂
Err every fs I've posted on recently has been a full suss frame. Previous it was forks 🙄
Phew, someone else bought the large Jet, now I just need to hope the Swift doesn't fit me so I can avoid the EMD.
Just got a Ragley Cragg Vale frame, headset and carbon fork deal for £114 ... amazing.
Kinda makes the old steel frame I just bought redundant .. anybody want to buy a 21.5inch steel Tonard frame??
Another point. I bought a new-old-stock Blur4x and ran it for 8months then sold it for the price I paid for it (£670)
8 months !!! Is that a record? 😉
what a random collection, some 2000 and 2001 kona frames (and not that massively reduced). Someone found a warehouse somewhere they forgot about?!
yay - new curtis xc100 853 frame for £184
Where did you find those!! I looked when the thread first appeared and never spotted them.
Perhaps it was best that I didn't as I have a perfectly good 853 frame now and rather shakey job prospects and present, but I do like a bargain.
Just got a Ragley Cragg Vale frame, headset and carbon fork deal for £114 ... amazing.
would have been rude not to on that one
Turner is on its way.Couldnt resist :O)
Turner is on its way.Couldnt resist :O)
which one did you get?
raw 17.5 flux
My Scott Cross Comp frame and forks will work out at £49 once I've claimed my £50 discount. Wonderfully ridiculous 😀
Got caught up in all the 'stupid cheap' frenzy and ended up getting myself a Salsa el Kaboing. Bit of a heart vs. head decision as there were better deals to be had on there (it's no cheaper from CRC than it would have been from the States including shipping, it's a bit old and even has a few design issues - cable routing and chain suck). Still, I'm hoping it'll build up to be a fun ride.
All those Tomacs looked good to me but disappeared in a flash.
i gather from here that there are/were issues with warranties on CRC-bought Yetis, having been sourced from Russia or similar. Is this the case with the Turners? Turner is renowned for it's customer service, is an impact/reduction on that the price your'e paying for getting a new frame at a bargain used price?
Had 'my' S1 delivered today...top is quite long at 23" for a 17.5" frame but chain stays are normal length (did someone post that they were an odd size)
Quite heavy and the finish is reasonable...welding is a bit bubble-gum (is that due to the frame material) and stickers over paint with no clear coat mark it down. I would have been seriously disappointed if I paid £750
would of considered a new sultan if the geometry had not changed, the turners are shorter than they were a couple of years ago - are the yanks shrinking?
welding is a bit bubble-gum
Aren't UK made Curtis frames fillet brazed?
Have Curtis gone bust? Their website (and geometry....) hasn't been updated since 2009.....
would you lot hurry up and buy all the 61cm kona honky frames please?
the frame is very cheap, but building it up would cripple me...
My Herb just dropped on the doorstep today. Suspect it had to be delivered with a crane 
Never understood why people bang on about stickers under clearcoat/varnish being better than stickers on top.
When stickers under clear coat get damaged, they're a pain in the arse to remove/replace.
Are those Curtis' really the UK made ones, or their Taiwanese range. Doesn't matter either way, but I was always under the impression their UK frames were made to order one at a time, so was surprised to see so many on CRC.
I think they must be the far-east ones. I also thought that the UK ones were 'one a day, built to order, customer's specification' jobs.
When stickers under clear coat get damaged, they're a pain in the arse to remove/replace.
exactly. My Dialled Alpine (and previously a SC Nomad) looks like new after a sticker kit, not sure how I'd have tidily removed old and fitted new with a clearcoat in the way. I treat stickers as sacrificial barriers.
Never understood why people bang on about stickers under clearcoat/varnish being better than stickers on top.
For me it's a sign of quality detail...every top-end steel frame I have owned has had a quality paintjob with lacquered over decals, not stickers just slapped on. Just my opinion 😉
Plenty of stickers on the frame saying Handmade in the UK and presumably that's refering to more than just the tubing which I thought was only produced in the UK
CarlThomas - Memberevery top-end steel frame I have owned has had a quality paintjob with lacquered over decals, not stickers just slapped on
Soul not top end enough for you?
Stickers are protection for the paint...
Soul not top end enough for you?
Not really 😀
IIRC Curtis made a batch of 'standard geometry' versions of their custom frames for CRC. I think that just the little 4X 24" wheel frames were made in Taiwan.
[url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/News.aspx?NewsID=979 ]There you go![/url]
IIRC Curtis made a batch of 'standard geometry' versions of their custom frames for CRC. I think that just the little 4X 24" wheel frames were made in Taiwan.There you go!
Good skills!
Small British racing green Curtis freeride just arrived.
Change of heart here I think. 🙄
Anybody want it before I send it back to CRC?
thankfully the 21" Raw Turner 5spots are sold out, that saved me £800 and grief from the Mr's.
Anybody want it before I send it back to CRC?
😆 Think I'm going to do the same with my 17.5" S1 🙄
Small British racing green Curtis freeride just arrived.Change of heart here I think.
Anybody want it before I send it back to CRC?
Half of RRP ( like hora )?
Pity the Sanderson's aren't in the sale.... 🙁
Could do with another project...
Half of RRP ( like hora )?
what a good idea, thats a nice quick way for me to make a couple of hundred notes. 😆
"Small British racing green Curtis freeride just arrived.
Change of heart here I think.
Anybody want it before I send it back to CRC?"
How much??!!
£180 posted.
It cost me £184.
Invoice is here so all the warranty is covered.
whats the reason for selling mate?
Already have a Cotic Soul.
It was an impulse buy when they dropped them to this silly low price.
So over the couple of days it took to arrive I've had a hard think about it and I'm keeping my Soul.
Thats about the long and short of it really.
Looks nice with nice brazing. Only took it out of the box to make sure it was OK and now it's back in ready to go.
I can do some piccies if you want me to
some pics would be good mate although i trust what you say, more a colour thing. i'll mail you.
Righto
I'll get the camera out ready
pics of the curtis to robidoo1@hotmail.co.uk
pls.
YHM Robidoo
Anyone built one yet? Mine should be here tomorrow and hopefully ready for nightriding and beer at Dalby this coming weekend...
Well mine arrived (whilst I was in the shower, natch) this morning.
Initial impressions are that the paint finish is good, weight 'about what I expected' and the joints all look lovely. Plastic sleeve for the seatpost I'm not sure about - at least it'll avoid a stuck seatpost, I guess.
The disk hose guides look a bit 'you'll have your kneecap off with that' - am I supposed to bend them over the hose once it's fitted?