gfk_velo
Dirt Disciple
Ellis Briggs are thriving, doing a fair volume of classic repairs.
Paul Gibson runs the business now & is considered by many as a master framebuilder.
Lugged frame builders in the UK
- Thread starter Mark Manley
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Paul Gibson runs the business now & is considered by many as a master framebuilder.
Old Ned
Old School Grand Master
Good to hear it. I'm sure they did close for a while but thankfully the name lives on. Are they still in Shipley?
gfk_velo
Dirt Disciple
I worked there with Paul for 2 weeks in Sept, learning how, from a master framebuilder, what I'd figured out how to do the hard way, over the last 40 years in the trade. I'd give Paul top marks in every regard - easy to work with, knows his stuff, beautiful workmanship, good tea & coffee! It's a framebuilder's frameshop, though, so don't go in expecting frills, with potted plants on the windowsill and a stripped pine welsh dresser in the corner, because the shop *is* the frame shop & completely utilitarian.
gfk_velo
Dirt Disciple
Yes, they are, though they've possibly moved from the old address that you might have known (depending on when / if you've visited) ... now at
20 Commercial St, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 3SP
Shand Cycles appears to have moved:
Shand Cycles UK Ltd
Unit 2
Francis Street
Foleshill
Coventry
CV6 5BS
https://shandcycles.com/contact/
Shand Cycles UK Ltd
Unit 2
Francis Street
Foleshill
Coventry
CV6 5BS
https://shandcycles.com/contact/
Mark Manley
Raleigh Fan
As a follow up to my frame saga here it is after the driver's insurance company agreed to pay for repairs it went to Argo who did a great job, while they were at it I paid the extra for horizontal dropouts dispensing with the need for a chain tensioner and a third bottle carrier under the downtube.
