Recent content by originalseven

Also, Curtlo made some 1992 Olympic bikes. Some are missing. So um.... keep your eyes on that. Was she on the Olympics roster? Anywhere?

The name alone leads me to believe she destroyed people in xc. That's the name of an ass-kicker with iron lungs. She probably had a shield. Doug Curtis would definitely have info on that bike. He gave me a build date on mine and has the original drawings - and I was just a shop idiot with the...

I Anyway, the name/serial implies some custom geometry or race prep. Be it on a tandem or Mountaineer. But on an early APE/KAHLUA that was probably a big deal, Doug wasn't making a lot of frames back then. Months of wait time on custom work. I'll wager that frame has a special story.

If you got custom geometry/fit-kit or (and especially OR) it was a race bike, it got your name. Mine has first initial and last name. Every other custom/race Curtlo I've seen has been the same. Like CKING or LPEACE. STHER seems an odd surname but you could email Doug and he could answer it I'm...

Those forks were/are sweet. Had a set on a Buell/Paramount and the Earth became a mattress. I think the aft tubes are adjustable in the crown +/- a few millimeters for geometry/tracking fine tuning.

I’ve had this chunk of steel since new and despite it’s floor-queen appearance, it’s been ridden and raced substantially in 26 years and is still my daily driver for tooling around Northern California. All custom geometry built for a specific rider (my 21 year old self) and a specific trail...