RE: [CR]Paramount built by KOF builder Curt Goodrich

Subject: RE: [CR]Paramount built by KOF builder Curt Goodrich
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:47:32 -0800
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Thread-Topic: [CR]Paramount built by KOF builder Curt Goodrich
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: "classicrendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Peter Naiman wrote:
> >Someone very lucky got a great deal on [snip] a
> >2000 Paramount hand built by Curt Goodrich.

and Curt replied:
>
> I can't lay claim to having built the whole thing. I had a
> hand in it but so did others.
>

Maybe it had

-Lug and frame design by Tim Isaac (T.S.Isaac/Trek/match/Lightspeed)

-Mitering/jigging/tacking by Kirk Pacenti (who went on to start Pacenti Cycle Design / bikelugs.com)

-Fork by Steve Hampsten (who went on to start Hampsten Cycles)

-Rear triangles by Martin Tweedy (who went on to build Palmarés frames)

-Main triangle brazing by Rick Gnehm (ex-Davidson, BananaBoy)

-Braze-ons by Curt (who went on to start Curt Goodrich Bicycles)

-Alignment by me (who quit the bike biz after match)

Dunno but it coulda - we all moved around and did different jobs on different days (except for Tim!) Would that make it better or worse as a collector's item? Since there was no log kept on who brazed or aligned what frame, we'll never know.

They were pretty decent frames, but that's all - don't look at one of those as an example of Curt's work, that would be selling him short. He only got really good after he left match! ;)

Check out the photos that go with the Goodrich interview at http://istanbultea.typepad.com/largefellaonabike/2005/04/fbq_2_curt_good. html (http://tinyurl.com/oycn8) I especially like the white seat lug - schweet! (click it to make it bigger, natch)

Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA