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Frame spraying
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:39 pm
by scrumpydave
Anyone have any experience of this? I want to renovate my old steel racer. I was told that Cycle Heaven did this but I called them and apparently they don't. Does anyone know anywhere local that does this, what sort of price I should expect to pay and whether it will improve the durability of the bike?
Thanks
Dave
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:55 pm
by allyst170
I've heard good things about:
http://www.argoscycles.com/
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:58 pm
by Dan
Bob Jackson frame builders in West Yorkshire are recommended. Also Dave Yates in Lincolnshire are very good, I used them a few years ago and they did a top job.
www.bobjacksoncycles.co.uk
www.daveyatescycles.co.uk
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:26 pm
by scrumpydave
Thanks for your help. My wife's folks live in Lincs so I'll give Dave Yates a ring. Good as new by the summer!
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:56 pm
by resus1uk
I used Bob Jackson's (off the Leeds ringroad at Bramley) in the autumn to rebuild & respray my veteran trike in a nice crimson enamel.
The trike dates from about 1953 & needed a lot of work & bringing upto date to be a good machine.
Whole process takes time so don't be in a hurry.
Spa in Harrogate were good for wheel-building as the front wheel takes a lot of stress from braking on a trike. I opted for a hub brake which they said was a difficult build.
CH didn't understand the type of wheel needed for a hub brake, so Spa got the job.
I also fitted a double pivot caliper instead of the double Weinmann centre pulls from the fifties.
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:53 pm
by P.Uffing
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Cheers
Mark
