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Title: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: oberonspacefruit on March 25, 2014, 05:22 PM

Ignore the forks/headset.

Just been sent this frame, along with a load of other bits as an ebay job lot. I have no ide what it it is.
Now normally these threads go.....akisu....falco.....theta...meteorlite....giant, but this is a bit of an oddity.

5 things that make me think its not just a POS, although it may well be are:

The cranks that came with it, 170mm maxy tours
The welds
the headtube reinforcement
The sealed end to the seatstays and chainstays
The ping it makes when flicked.

the gusset behind the bb shell looks goose, but nowt else does.
serial is just number.

I can find anything like it in the museum.

Its obviously a mini, and prob a mini cruiser type, with the low slung tubes.

Any thoughts?


(http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y495/VOLKSWAGONCAMPERPIX/IMG_1750_zps28d175a8.jpg)
(http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/VOLKSWAGONCAMPERPIX/media/IMG_1751_zpsbf480c81.jpg.html)
(http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y495/VOLKSWAGONCAMPERPIX/IMG_1752_zps137f9b09.jpg)
(http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y495/VOLKSWAGONCAMPERPIX/98af49ad-30aa-4f2b-bb2b-d68767cfc8a9_zpsd0efc357.jpg)
(http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y495/VOLKSWAGONCAMPERPIX/IMG_1754_zpsee0d9569.jpg)
(http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y495/VOLKSWAGONCAMPERPIX/IMG_1755_zps34cf397a.jpg)

dig deep in those humongous beer addled brains chaps...... :D

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: sawzall on March 25, 2014, 05:49 PM

i saw that on ebay phil and thought it might be something british

but i missed the end of the auction >:(

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: animal on March 25, 2014, 06:00 PM

Whats the length of the top tube ?

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: pickle on March 25, 2014, 06:03 PM

I have no idea what it is but its nice  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: Funkyworm on March 25, 2014, 06:04 PM

The Head tube & the rear drop outs look a bit (Curtis MINI) but thats about all ...

 As far as I know they never used that box section behind the BB. There was a freestyle frame on Facebook or on here the other week that definitely had a Curtis head tube & drop outs which looks like it might have been some kind of development frame .... Maybe this was too ?

Don't shoot me down people , just a thought...

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: oberonspacefruit on March 25, 2014, 06:11 PM

no, I entertained the curtis theory too, due to the headtube and possibly the drops.
top tube measures41.5 cm from centre to centre.

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: animal on March 25, 2014, 06:18 PM

Quote from: oberonspacefruit on March 25, 2014, 06:11 PM

no, I entertained the curtis theory too, due to the headtube and possibly the drops.
top tube measures41.5 cm from centre to centre.

A mini it is then  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: fischflo on March 25, 2014, 07:13 PM

...maybe it's a PR Racing frame ? ....does look a bit like one (f.ex http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,160874.msg1618672.html#msg1618672)

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: oberonspacefruit on March 25, 2014, 07:20 PM

there are similarities. what does pr stand for?

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: fischflo on March 25, 2014, 07:23 PM

peter rose i think, but i think Brian Curtis made (some of?) them PR Racing frames.

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: sawzall on March 25, 2014, 07:23 PM

pr racing stands for painter rose named after the partners who had the company

they were built by the master brian curtis :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: Gizmo on March 26, 2014, 07:41 PM

Could be pr ? Weren't pr frames all  braized , this looks tig welded .
Can still  tig t45 tubing , maybe a proto type duno .. Interesting tho  :)

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: oberonspacefruit on March 28, 2014, 06:52 AM

Ive found out what it is now.
Its a texas made rebel racing, li'l reb frame. late 82/early 83
Im going to start another thread in racing, as i found out a load of stuff that i never knew.

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: pickle on March 28, 2014, 07:34 AM

nice one Phil, definitely a nice little frame n forks  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: sawzall on March 28, 2014, 05:09 PM

well done miss marples  :LolLolLolLol:great bit of detective work phil :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Frame ID........stumped on this one, get your thinking caps on lads.
Post by: oberonspacefruit on March 29, 2014, 07:47 AM

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,172849.0.html