Getting a Road Bike resprayed in North West?

[BlueNGT]

I have had my Giant for some time now and although I would love something like a Cervelo S2 or S3 I don't need to change the bike. Therefore I was thinking of getting it freshened up with a respray, not bothered about preserving the current colour scheme etc but it is a bit battle scarred now so could go for some random colour scheme.

This is the bike now.



Anybody any ideas of what it costs to get the Frame and Forks stripped and painted?

The bike has carbon rear drops and carbon forks.

[lufbramatt]

I looked into getting my frame freshened up recently. Most of the custom frame builders offer a painting service, ballpark figures for a decent job were around £150-£200.

Decided I could live with the battlescars after that.

[BlueNGT]

Was that for a Bike already stripped of Groupset, Bars etc or did they price that in?

[lufbramatt]

Stripped frame only, in a single colour. Most of them are happy to fit decals which I had supplied before lacquering the frame. I found reproduction decals, which would have been another £15 or so on top of the repaint cost.

These guys are in Bristol, but they're all comparable tbh

http://argoscycles.com/www/renovation-pricelist.ht...

[Wacky Racer]

Highly recommended:-

http://www.bobjacksoncycles.co.uk/resprays.php

[lufbramatt]

Ah yes, Bob Jackson, lovely bikes. I once did a sportive on a borrowed 1970's Reynolds steel Bob Jackson, with old campag stuff complete with un-indexed shifters on the downtube. Really great thing to ride, loved it.

[Rouleur]

Whereabouts do you live?

[Barchettaman]

I think its current colour scheme is cool as hell, I'd leave it as it is and spend 150 notes on lager and curry.

[Dammit]

Yeah, I have to say the same- decent paint (rather than just a powdercoat, which you can't have in this instance anyway) is going to cost.

My bike cost £300, for reference- that's Two-Pack (carbon) and powdercoat (Steel).

I'd spend whatever you'd earmarked for paint on some wheels- go for a "chicks dig scars" approach.

[CRB14]

I used Atlantic Boulevard in Bury for my 1984 Raleigh renovation. He did a cracking job and straightened out any little knocks. They're good and pretty quick but not cheap.