1986 Dan Shotton frame

+1. You've obviously looked after it, as well as using it well! It looks great as is. I'd love to see it built up...

Id certainly leave as is.

Dan Shotton was a student at the College of Art and Design in Bristol, and learned his frame building skills working for Argos frame builders . I knew him as a fellow member of Bristol Road Club in the early 80s. He made only a small number of frames, all high quality, and so far as I know, all with "DS" at the top of the stays and with "Dan ..." frame numbers. I have a 1982 DS frame which looks as if it might be identical to yours, recently resprayed by Argos, who did a fabulous job, including re-creating the intertwined "DS" head transfer. Your frame sounds very much like one of his.

I recall he was keen on cantilever brakes.

I had thought Argos didn't apply their own transfers to other makers' frames, but recently saw what looked like a fairly basic mass-produced 1980s frame with an Argos respray - certainly not the sort of frame Argos makes. I would guess yours is a Dan Shotton frame with an Argos paint job.

another vote for leaving as is

Wether to respray is up to you, but get it rebuilt and get the pics on here...

Dan Shotton frame

I love my Dan Shotton, made in 1980 - and still going strong. I found the frame on ebay for £80, from a lovely man in Bath. It's in metalic graphite grey and fixed gear, fitted out with Camp 3 arm crankset. A pleasure to ride.