gfk_velo
Dirt Disciple
Ellis Briggs are thriving, doing a fair volume of classic repairs.
Paul Gibson runs the business now & is considered by many as a master framebuilder.
Lugged frame builders in the UK
- Thread starter Mark Manley
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Paul Gibson runs the business now & is considered by many as a master framebuilder.
Old Ned
Old School Grand Master
Good to hear it. I'm sure they did close for a while but thankfully the name lives on. Are they still in Shipley?
gfk_velo
Dirt Disciple
I worked there with Paul for 2 weeks in Sept, learning how, from a master framebuilder, what I'd figured out how to do the hard way, over the last 40 years in the trade. I'd give Paul top marks in every regard - easy to work with, knows his stuff, beautiful workmanship, good tea & coffee! It's a framebuilder's frameshop, though, so don't go in expecting frills, with potted plants on the windowsill and a stripped pine welsh dresser in the corner, because the shop *is* the frame shop & completely utilitarian.
gfk_velo
Dirt Disciple
Yes, they are, though they've possibly moved from the old address that you might have known (depending on when / if you've visited) ... now at
20 Commercial St, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 3SP
Shand Cycles appears to have moved:
Shand Cycles UK Ltd
Unit 2
Francis Street
Foleshill
Coventry
CV6 5BS
shandcycles.com
Shand Cycles UK Ltd
Unit 2
Francis Street
Foleshill
Coventry
CV6 5BS
Contact us | Shand Cycles
Shand Cycles is located in Coventry West Midlands You can contact the team on 01506 435 400 or by completing the Contact Us form
shandcycles.com
Mark Manley
Raleigh Fan
As a follow up to my frame saga here it is after the driver's insurance company agreed to pay for repairs it went to Argo who did a great job, while they were at it I paid the extra for horizontal dropouts dispensing with the need for a chain tensioner and a third bottle carrier under the downtube.
