Dave Lloyd Fans

[The History Man]

Ritchie Boyd is factual Primary Source Material. Unlike some of the anecdotal recollections of fading middle aged men presented as gospel truth that we often get on here. Much akin to fisherman's tales. :mrgreen:

Great to hear from someone who was actually a part of all this.

I for one am fascinated by the sheer quality and skill of the bespoke workshops.

Good luck and every success with your endeavours this year.

 

[Giom6]

Ritchie Boyd is factual Primary Source Material. Unlike some of the anecdotal recollections of fading middle aged men presented as gospel truth that we often get on here. Much akin to fisherman's tales. :mrgreen:

Great to hear from someone who was actually a part of all this.

Thankfully THM some of those "anecdotal cobblers" you mention do and have actually spoken first hand with Mr Dave Lloyd face to face and have actually made and still do make valuable contributions to the website.

 

[The History Man]

Agreed. But some things presented as fact are as above. And have been proven to be so.

 

[sinnerman]

Ritchie Boyd is factual Primary Source Material. Unlike some of the anecdotal recollections of fading middle aged men presented as gospel truth that we often get on here. Much akin to fisherman's tales. :mrgreen:

Great to hear from someone who was actually a part of all this.

I for one am fascinated by the sheer quality and skill of the bespoke workshops.

Good luck and every success with your endeavours this year.

Baiting Members again THM.

 

[sinnerman]

Agreed. But some things presented as fact are as above. And have been proven to be so.

You could always speak to Mr Dave Lloyd yourself, hes quite approachable.

 

[Giom6]

Agreed. But some things presented as fact are as above. And have been proven to be so.

You could always speak to Mr Dave Lloyd yourself, hes quite approachable.

I was going to ask what facts?

 

[sinnerman]

I've been asked to post, mainly because I was Dave Lloyd Painter and am responsible for some the bikes you've all been vote for for bike of the month and year.

I am willing to answer any questions regarding some of daves bikes.

I am currently re-establishing Phoenix bikes, the company I started after leaving Dave Lloyd, I am now based in Canada, I will be looking to start making bikes again by March 2014, I will be looking for shops and distributors in Europe, so guy keep an eye open for me.

Welcome to the Site Ritchie, and glad you Joined.

Your early paintwork speaks Volumes, and I have to say you have had some painters puzzled at how you achieved such sublime finishes, and had the same painters Scratching their heads at where to start when attempting to replicate a similar paint style to be honest.

I would love to see any pics you might have of the early days, or indeed any current works in progress.

Exciting times for you right now I suspect, setting up shop again. I wish you the best of Luck fella, and looking forward to seeing things progress.

 

[Giom6]

Ritchie,

You should check out Sinnerman's Chaos Theory. Not sure if it was in your time span with Dave, but its definitely worth a look…

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[hazeyblue]

I've been asked to post, mainly because I was Dave Lloyd Painter and am responsible for some the bikes you've all been vote for for bike of the month and year.

I am willing to answer any questions regarding some of daves bikes.

I am currently re-establishing Phoenix bikes, the company I started after leaving Dave Lloyd, I am now based in Canada, I will be looking to start making bikes again by March 2014, I will be looking for shops and distributors in Europe, so guy keep an eye open for me.

Hi Ritchie,

You won't know me, but I was one of the photographers who used to photograph Dave's bikes - from a studio in Neston, Wirral. Dave's workshop was on the same estate.

I remember photographing the Beez Neez, Cats Wiskas and many of his road bikes - shot mainly in the studio, for press-ads etc, but we'd also take the off-road bikes up to the sandstone hills at Thurstason.

In the time I knew Dave (or more his wife as she ran the business side of things), he built every frame that we photographed and I'm pretty sure my then boss shot a feature piece on him, in his workshop, for an overseas magazine article.

To me, then, as a young photographer with no real interest in cycling he was just Dave, the perfectionist bike-builder up the road. Now, it's case of if I knew then what I know now...

 

[Bryncrug72]

I have no reason to doubt what is said, that's what this site is for isn't it ?
It's about the bikes and their history, who built them, painted them, raced them, lusted after them, I've spoken to a couple of people recently, who have told be the story about my bike, which I found fascinating, I like to read what members say, some are helpful, some not so and some just comical , I get ideas from other peoples builds, their experience is passed on to help others, I don't care if they are daily riders, garage queens or wall art ! if the bikes are still there then we are all doing our job!

Ritchie, cant wait to see your old and new photos, but Canada ? damn why couldn't you be a bit closer ?? .. now how much is air freight for a frame