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Ex Paul Curran, Andy Powell track bike

September 8, 1984. Crowd gone mad, cheering four lads in white-yellow jerseys. They are Manchester Wheelers, that just won gold medal in National Team Pursuit Championship. One of those Kings of England is a man in his early twenties. Riding on a bronze track bike, he seems got a wonderful future ahead.

His name is Paul Curran of Thornaby, North Yorkshire. A household name in 80s-90s’ British cycling world. Inside his trophy cabinet are two gold medals at Commonwealth Games, twenty eight times gold medalist at National Championship, and lots more. Yes, he dominated road race and track world of that time. Paul’s racing career was unfortunately cut short in 1996. His back was broken after a serious accident whilst riding the Tour of the North Pennines. After that, he never ride a bike competitively again.

Remember the bronze track bike? Once the steed of the champion, is now in Jakarta!

Frame

Bronze colored, 52cm size (c-c) track frame with Reynolds’ track specific tubing, 753T with 753 track fork.

Built by Andy Powell of Overbury Cycles in Bristol, specifically made for Paul Curran.

(Wanna know how hard to built a 753 frame, read this article). 

Drivetrain

Campagnolo Record Pista crank. 144mm BCD. 165mm arms. 47T.

Wheelset

Campagnolo Record Pista 36H hubs laced into Mavic Module E-2, with Campagnolo 15T cog. Rebuilt by Rangga Panji of Pancalen Cycles.

Cockpit

3TTT Competizione bar and stem

Everything else…

Selle Italia Turbo Lite with GP seatpost (not pictured), Mavic Track headset, and lots of love from us and Pancalen Cycles. 

You can get this Curran’s champion chariot for 15 millions rupiahs (negotiable)

See this beauty in flesh (we mean, in steel) at Pancalen Cycles showroom!

Tell your offer to Rangga who’s always ready at the showroom, or just call/text Fitra at +628561447686.

Something you shouldn’t know about Timbuk2 Bag

Just found this on the comment box of Levrier Bags

Hi Dan,

Just a quick hello and to say what a good job your doing. Great bags:)
I once started a bag messenger business in Queens NY 1985. Had an old Singer in the garage, and managed to stitch up 25 bags a day on average. My logo then was “Rhino”. (Did not have the US$5000 to patent this messenger bag design then)
Years later (1989), I stopped someone riding a bike in London. He was using one of my old bags I stitched up in NY. He said that all courier companies in London wanted one. Strangely the day I met this guy, I was on my way to purchase a Singer K45 harness machine (about 50 years old) to pursue this hobby. I chatted with him for about an hour, how I was going to start sewing messenger bags in London and that I could not yet decide on a Logo name of “Kathmandu” or “Timbuktu”. (I was brought up in that region of Africa…but originally from Germany)
After many more weeks,I managed to start sewing and sell to some cycle shops and individuals in London. Several months later I found out, that this “Dude” took my idea and design and got together with another Bike messenger in SF California, and produced a bag (much cheaper and not as good quality at the time) and sold to the same Cycle shop I did (Google Condor cycles). Those guys named the bags “Timbuk2″!
I kinda wondered, why this person avoided eye contact with me, whenever we passed each other. (Both of us Bike messengers at the time)
So anyhow, jut a quick history and I hope you make it big. Timbuk2 sold out for over 15 million $ a few years back.

Take care and good luck

Oli

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