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Offline dancetothedrummersbeat

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Geoff Haslam Welding - Warrington
« on: March 17, 2016, 09:55 PM »
As many of you know, I sent my VDC Changa back to it's maker Voris Dixon for him to replace the seat tube which had rotted from the inside out. Once I got the frame back, I needed to find a welder in the UK who could sort out the finer details. The frame needed some work to sort out some major pitting to the top/downtubes. The dropouts were a bit chewed and needed building up, and the cable guide needed building up and shaping. I did a bit of research and found a welder who came recommended on pistonheads and a few motorbike forums. Fortunately, he was only 20 minutes from me in Warrington.

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Geoff's work was excellent, and he sorted it out in less than 2 weeks. Since then he's fixed my Falcon Pro Beta forks that had a crack in the dropout blade, and today I picked up a set of Bullseye 2nd gen (phase 1) cranks that he sorted for me. The non drive side end of the spindle was hollow, which got me a bit twitched as the crank arm could migrate off whilst riding on it. Geoff filled in the end of the spindle and got it tapped to fit a 1/4 inch bolt, so that an end cap/washer can be fitted. He's also fixed Ant's (factory pilot) Quadangle that had a crack to the seat tube from an incorrectly fitted seat clamp. He also recently tidied up my GJS Freestyler than had some dings to the seat & chain stays. Got my frame back within 2 weeks.

I was a bit cautious about singing Geoff's praises too much as I didn't know how much work he had on, so didn't want him troubled too much. I picked up my crank today and he said that I should feel free to advertise his services to the fine folk of  :radbmxsmilie:. He is well known in the classic car/motorbike scene, and no job is too small. He is happy to receive items via post or in person.  One of his specialist areas is welding alloy/aluminium, so don't believe all the stories you hear about alloy frames being unrepairable. His service, communication and prices are spot on (VDC £60, seat tube repair £20, Crank arm filling, welding & tapping £40). He's a great guy to deal with, and I can't sing his praises enough. I wouldn't take my bikes anywhere else now (Phil Sawzall and Steve Animal aside of course!). Anyone who knows me will know that this is high praise indeed - i'm really fussy customer

His business card & contact details. Get on it - you won't be disappointed with his work  :4_17_5:.


https://www.yell.com/biz/r-g-haslam-welding-and-fabrications-warrington-901306261/
« Last Edit: March 17, 2016, 09:59 PM by dancetothedrummersbeat »

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Re: Geoff Haslam Welding - Warrington
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2016, 10:04 PM »
Brilliant Andy, his work looks spot on  :daumenhoch:. Always handy to know a fella like this & a personal recommendation from you is like a royal warrant  :teef: . Your builds are all stunners bud
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Re: Geoff Haslam Welding - Warrington
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2016, 10:09 PM »
Brilliant Andy, his work looks spot on  :daumenhoch:. Always handy to know a fella like this & a personal recommendation from you is like a royal warrant  :teef: . Your builds are all stunners bud

Thanks Rich  :daumenhoch: I really can't recommend Geoff highly enough. He's a top bloke to deal with
« Last Edit: March 17, 2016, 11:43 PM by dancetothedrummersbeat »

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Re: Geoff Haslam Welding - Warrington
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2016, 09:20 AM »
Well worth knowing that Andy, not too far from me either  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Geoff Haslam Welding - Warrington
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2016, 12:12 PM »
Yep he did quick and brilliant work on my Quad too as Andy said ... Very very good and pretty amazingly good  prices too!  ;)
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Re: Geoff Haslam Welding - Warrington
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2016, 01:04 PM »
Nice one Andy  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Geoff Haslam Welding - Warrington
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2016, 10:01 AM »
Hell of a transformation on those dropouts, nice work  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Geoff Haslam Welding - Warrington
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2016, 05:20 PM »
Lookin good  :daumenhoch: top skills  ;)

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Re: Geoff Haslam Welding - Warrington
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2016, 06:33 PM »
great to see and a top resource. :coolsmiley:

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Re: Geoff Haslam Welding - Warrington
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2016, 09:35 PM »
Thanks for the great info.  Since I can't get ahold of Animal or Samzwell (don't know why  :'( ), I might give Geoff a try  :)

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Re: Geoff Haslam Welding - Warrington
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2016, 01:45 AM »
Thanks for the great info.  Since I can't get ahold of Animal or Samzwell (don't know why  :'( ), I might give Geoff a try  :)

Laurent

Try Sawzall  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Geoff Haslam Welding - Warrington
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2016, 09:46 AM »
Thanks for the great info.  Since I can't get ahold of Animal or Samzwell (don't know why  :'( ), I might give Geoff a try  :)

Laurent

Try Sawzall  :daumenhoch:

I tried, he replied a few weeks ago, gave me some advice but I have since sent him 2 PMs asking if he could repair my frame without any answer...  :(

Laurent

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