Argos Racing Cycles, Bristol

Does anyone have experience of having had paint/restoration work done by these people? Packed the Gazelle frame off to them on Friday just gone with lots of instructions, original decals, original head-tube badge, new period head-set and cranks (courtesy of Jos at Tour de Ville) etc. and am jolly excited about getting the finished article back in a couple of weeks.

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I know a few guys here in Bristol who have had work done there and the quality is top notch (if expensive) I am sure you wont be disappointed.

is that the Gazelle advertised a few days ago? It looked good. Heard only good things about Argos :-)

one of the better re-finishers.

better than modern Bob Jackson re-sprays... on par with Mercian.

They replaced the down tube on my Orange P7 and repainted it a few years ago, and I was very happy with the finished article. You should have nothing to worry about.

Cool, sounds really promising, thanks.

@kam - no, it's the Gazelle frame I've had for just over a year (one of the things that led me to this forum in fact) and have been very slowly gathering parts for.

i went to get a bent stay fixed by them a couple of months back and they did a great job, looked good as new. Got to have a sneaky peak at their work shop too, there were some beautiful restoration jobs and the rack of finished frames was exquisite.

They do a decent enough job, hard to contact them by email though!

They rebuilt an early eighties fork for me - a Paganini - ie one fork blade was cracked so they put two new ones on - very neat and professional job if very fractionally thicker and so less elegant than originals - I do think their paint jobs are pricey though - I use a local car sprayer who does a frame with shot blast for £30...

Its not just their paint jobs that are a bit pricey, their frames start at £950. It doesn't stop me being a big fan tho. Both my bikes are made by Argos i love them but i could never contemplate buying them new.

TBH I think the price of a custom built frame from Argos reflects the time and effort that goes into it.

As with many things in life you get what you pay for.

I am a proud owner of a Mercian Custom winter bike and a Custom Argos TT frame and feel I got fantastic value for money from both.

I was down at Argos about 3 weeks ago to get my winter machine resprayed and the bikes they have on there racks ready for shipment back to customers, after refurbishment are delightful.

told you : )

Have had two frames renovated by Argos in the past 12 months. Can't recommend them highly enough. Both had additional braze-ons, drop-outs re-spaced and decals supplied. Not cheap but perfectly done and finishes have stood up well to daily use.

Sent my Peugeot to them via my LBS last year and the initial result had to go back. Some major imperfections for me and although they offered a discount if I would accept it, I said no and they re-did it, totally.

Very happy with the final result, but surprised their first attempt had been cleared.