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In 2016, I bought an Argon 18 Gallium Pro frameset for what I think was a bargain at £700 from a guy in Belgium who had raced it for one season. Absolutely fell in love with it, and it fits me like no other bike I own. The only negative is that I didn't really like the paint, but that doesn't matter when you're having fun.
Unfortunately, during lockdown, my partner was riding it on the turbo (laziness on my part to not swap bikes) and somehow there was a chain drop. Whilst she was wearing headphones. She didn't notice for a few rotations and it caused some damage that was assessed and deemed fine to carry on riding. Fast forward to earlier this year, and whilst out on a fast group ride, I had an inexplicable chain drop and it caused some pretty catastrophic damage. I needed a bike and fast, so decided to get into 2022 and bought an aero frameset with disc brakes (Argon 18 Nitrogen). It's fast, and I've set some PBs, but I just don't love it. It's just not as fun to ride.
So, I've decided to get the frameset repaired and fully repainted. Unfortunately, I live outside of the UK and options are very limited in where I can get this done. Initially, I was going to have to mess around with expensive postage to the UK, but I found a local guy who is used by the more 'premium' LBSs and he gave me a quite reasonable quote for repair and respray. I went to look at some of his work, and it looks (to my untrained eye) very good, although not very creative/modern in terms of paint choices.
Starting this thread to make sure I get it built fairly quickly and to get some advice (particularly on the carbon repair/paint side of things).
Happier times:
Disaster:
