Author Topic: **CURTIS BUILT PR RACING STYLER 'TWEAKED'!! (Read 33256 times)

deeman · « **Reply #25 on:** September 09, 2011, 06:20 PM »

Quote from: mattfx81 on September 09, 2011, 05:24 PM

Well that settles the pr racing mystery, did the PR racing race frames have unique geometry or were they re stickered Curtis frames do you know deeman?

Matt

man,as far as i can tell the PR race frames look like restickered Curtis frames.They even have the same names i.e 'expert' and 'pro'.i could be wrong though as im no expert,especially on race frames!Gashead is v.knowledgable about Curtis in general and may be able to confirm this!

deeman · « **Reply #26 on:** September 09, 2011, 06:29 PM »

Quote from: griff on September 09, 2011, 05:14 PM

Damian, the radbmx own brand clear pads work great on tuffs if you want to actually stop
I tried the new skyway ones first, thinking I'd be ok but they just slowed me down gradually

get it built and lets see some piccies

and then get out on it and RIDE!

i was debating which brake pads to use!i read your post with interest about these!i used to use the old tuff freestyle pads bitd and as far as i remember they used to work pretty well,i suppose i probably weighed a bit less then(only cos i was a kid!)Out of interest,did you scuff the tuff pads up before you used em?.i will be riding this bike,and i love endos too so good stopping is essential!will the new clear pads also mark my white tuffs?i may well go with the new ones,they are a sensible price too unlike the tuff pads!

griff · « **Reply #27 on:** September 10, 2011, 10:38 PM »

can't comment on the marking as mine are black to start with (think not but don't quote me

)
from what I've seen a lot of the marking you get on white tuffs comes from dirt getting onto the rim, but someone more knowledgeable than me will no doubt be along shortly to give you the proper answer

I didn't scuff mine up, just put them straight on - they do work a treat though
will let you know how they get on noise-wise once I've road-tested them on the brighton hills tomorrow!!

deeman · « **Reply #28 on:** September 10, 2011, 11:19 PM »

sorry,i meant did you scuff the tuff freestyle pads before you used em'may have had an effect.

griff · « **Reply #29 on:** September 12, 2011, 11:38 AM »

no mate, but I did have them on for a while

just thought I'd give an update on the clear pads after yesterday's ride...

they have now bedded in and squeal like piggies going to market BUT they work really well

I was glad of them a few times I can tell you when we were hitting some big downhill speeds only for lights to change on us at the bottom

I swear I could smell something burning

theRuler · « **Reply #30 on:** September 13, 2011, 09:50 AM »

Love the invisible handlebars mate!
I have a few sets of those.

deeman · « **Reply #31 on:** September 13, 2011, 11:26 AM »

Quote from: the®uler on September 13, 2011, 09:50 AM

Love the invisible handlebars mate!
I have a few sets of those.

they work really well,apart from barspins!!im just waiting for the fella to get back of hols who has the bars.they are the missing link at the moment!

griff · « **Reply #32 on:** September 15, 2011, 04:53 PM »

Quote from: deeman on September 13, 2011, 11:26 AM

Quote from: the®uler on September 13, 2011, 09:50 AM
Love the invisible handlebars mate!
I have a few sets of those.
they work really well,apart from barspins!!im just waiting for the fella to get back of hols who has the bars.they are the missing link at the moment!

just ride no-handed and hold some grips in your hands, no-one will notice

deeman · « **Reply #33 on:** September 15, 2011, 09:20 PM »

O.K,thought this would be done and dusted today,as you can see its nearly there,i ran into a problem or two which i wasnt expecting,I had to substitute my tuf neck for a dk stem and i need to replace the rotor with a gyro,newbie mistake,shouldve done my research!i also need to do something about the front axle on my tuffs as it wont fit the dropouts.then,when i get some brake pads its done!!most of it is just fingertight at the minute but the pic gives an idea of the finished bike.looks a bit like a chopper in the pics but this should be rectified when i fit gyro and sort the front axle out!

bigfatolly · « **Reply #34 on:** September 16, 2011, 11:04 PM »

Looks cool mate

Whats the problem with the rotor?

Might be interested in it if you want rid

Taipan · « **Reply #35 on:** September 17, 2011, 12:21 PM »

lOVELY LOOKING BUILD

doubt you'll stop it with those brake pads tho

ukoldschool · « **Reply #36 on:** September 20, 2011, 01:11 PM »

Nice Tyres! If theyre genuine and not pork chop repops of course

deeman · « **Reply #37 on:** September 20, 2011, 02:34 PM »

Quote from: ukoldschool on September 20, 2011, 01:11 PM

Nice Tyres! If theyre genuine and not pork chop repops of course

nos panaracer freestyle as far as i know!

ukoldschool · « **Reply #38 on:** September 20, 2011, 03:41 PM »

Nice! Theyre worth more than the rest of the bike! Where did you find them?

deeman · « **Reply #39 on:** September 20, 2011, 05:09 PM »

to be honest i didnt really want panaracers,i wanted white haro tyres which is what i had on my bike bitd but proving impossible to get.To get these I had to buy a set of white GT tyres which i dont really like for £99.99 and then swapped them with someone off here for the panaracers.As far as white tyres go panaracers are probably the most common to find,i was offered another set when i first started the build but didnt get my finger out in time.I didnt realise they are worth that much,give me a grand for them and they are yours brother.ill even post 'em!

deeman · « **Reply #40 on:** October 13, 2011, 06:20 PM »

Quote from: Glen on October 13, 2011, 04:36 PM

Is the gyro working now mate?

gyro works spot on mate!

xGoose · « **Reply #41 on:** October 13, 2011, 06:37 PM »

Nice clean looking build!

Thats some angle on the seat post eh!

brettypeeps · « **Reply #42 on:** October 13, 2011, 09:32 PM »

When I saw this a few months ago I thought it had the potential to be something special and you haven't disapointed. Great Job Damian

bigfatolly · « **Reply #43 on:** October 14, 2011, 11:03 PM »

Love it,unique Brit freestyle bike

ultrasham241 · « **Reply #44 on:** October 20, 2011, 01:07 AM »

Looks the NUTS Damian!!! well done!

pickle · « **Reply #45 on:** October 20, 2011, 08:24 AM »

looks cool

need the 1 handed endo piccies though as well

bruggers100 · « **Reply #46 on:** October 20, 2011, 09:00 AM »

That is quality. Very nice build.

TORKER mick · « **Reply #47 on:** October 20, 2011, 06:12 PM »

lovely build

In2 bmx · « **Reply #48 on:** October 20, 2011, 06:19 PM »

Very cool and very bling ... Nice

deeman · « **Reply #49 on:** October 22, 2011, 02:17 AM »

thanks for comments guys :daumenhoch:did i say it was done?well...its not!a couple of the parts i had were bugging me slightly.this will be rectified in next couple of weeks!watch this space......!!