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• The Roberts Cycles Handbuilt Bicycle Owners Club

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 year, 6 months

  

  Thanks for posting that. That must be Adrian Parry?

• The Roberts Cycles Handbuilt Bicycle Owners Club

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 year, 6 months

  

  You are correct! Dave (Colour tech) was on the phone to Geoff Roberts while I was there today by coincidence.

• The Roberts Cycles Handbuilt Bicycle Owners Club

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 year, 6 months

  

  Thanks for the replies. Big H I agree with you about Mario. I have seen his completed work and some frames had flat spots in the paint.
  Today I called Argos Cycles and they quoted me £345 plus decals.
  After collecting my frame this morning (Fox Plating have done a really nice job £250 for forks and rear stays) I popped in to see David at Colourtech. He quoted me £320 ish inc decals. But I didn't leave the frame with him as I wanted to think about it.
  I hadn't thought about Rourke. I will ask them for a quote tomorrow.
  Bob Jackson seems to have closed a year or two back.
  I know that fading colours into each other is not easy, but I only need the main tubes painting, no forks or rear stays. If I pay £350 for painting the the frame repair will have cost £1000 +.

  BigH can you post a pic of you frame on here?

• The Roberts Cycles Handbuilt Bicycle Owners Club

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 year, 6 months

  

  Yes Matt, Mario would be the logical choice, but when the frame had been repaired I was going to get it chromed.
  I collected the frame and Mario had sprayed it with primer. So I had to take it to be stripped which cost me another £40 and more running around.

• The Roberts Cycles Handbuilt Bicycle Owners Club

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 year, 6 months

  

  Hello Roberts fans!
  I have had my 1984 Chas Roberts repaired by Winston Vaz. I then took it to Fox Plating in Sydenham to be chromed (hopefully picking it up tomorrow).
  Now I need to find a painter who can actually get the colour scheme right. There is a nice Roberts for sale on eBay now and I want a very similar paint job. It's very much a Motorola copy.
  But who can I trust?
  Argos seem good but the prices are really high!

• The Roberts Cycles Handbuilt Bicycle Owners Club

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 years

  

  My frame is now with Winston Vaz for repair. My solicitors have suggested that they arrange for a valuation to be carried out on the bike as it will be a write-off. I imagine that the market value will be around £600 which is less than the cost to repair the frame. Seems unfair to just offer me market value as the frame is unique and cannot be replaced with an exact copy.
  After the repair I will need to get the frame blasted and then chromed at Fox Plating in Dartford. Then I need to find the correct RAL code for the original blue.

• The Roberts Cycles Handbuilt Bicycle Owners Club

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 years, 2 months

  

  Good news first?
  Yes I still have it and ride it.

  Bad news, I was hit by a car yesterday and now the rear triangle is 30 degrees out of alignment.

  The older Gentleman that didn't see me from his car could not grasp how much this frame meant to me or how I could not replace it with another.
  His wife wanted to give me £50 quid and call it quits! What an insult.

• The Roberts Cycles Handbuilt Bicycle Owners Club

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 years, 2 months

  

  Bought this from Chas when I was 17, mum paid for it as I took home £42.18 a week at the time. RIP mum.
  Often wondered if it was built by Winston, Aidrian or AN Other?