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Rumours of their death are greatly exaggerated.

not good news, these time are trying...
Enjoy your retirement and thanks for your service.

My first decent bicycle was a Bob jackson that was gifted to me by my local bike shop owner... He was a rough stuff cyclist too, so not only did I get a nice working bicycle he instilled in me a love for countryside riding...

TimeTraveller wrote::( not good news, these time are trying...
Enjoy your retirement and thanks for your service.

My first decent bicycle was a Bob jackson that was gifted to me by my local bike shop owner... He was a rough stuff cyclist too, so not only did I get a nice working bicycle he instilled in me a love for countryside riding...

They are staying open now

OK, maybe I should read ALL the post

lets hope the 'new investment' doesn't generate a Witcomb-like fiasco.... fingers crossed....

cheers

Maybe I'll arrange for that respray after all.

That's good. Perhaps I'll get the bottom bracket shell repaired/replaced/rethreaded on my winter bike. Jackson's did some work on it about 15 years ago, and re-painted it then. So its a semi-Jackson frame.

It's useful to have the full price list for repairs and renovations for when the question is posed on here

I see this includes

New lamp boss on fork £25.00

A blast from the past if ever there was.

It's good to know the business will continue.

This is indeed great news. Hopefully their prices will not triple, although if a modest cost increase is what's required to keep them in business for another century, so be it.

speedsixdave wrote:This is indeed great news. Hopefully their prices will not triple, although if a modest cost increase is what's required to keep them in business for another century, so be it.

I've always thought their prices seemed reasonable, so yes, a bit of an increase to keep them in business would be fine. If only I knew what "VAT may apply" meant. I suppose I better call them and ask.

I'm going to wait a bit and see if they expand any of their offerings at all. A tourer that will take more than 32mm tyres would be nice. And some frame geometry details would be nice.

Just seen on the Bob Jackson website they have closed with immediate effect!

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Oh dear. I hope it is an orderly winding up.

Brucey wrote:lets hope the 'new investment' doesn't generate a Witcomb-like fiasco.... fingers crossed....

cheers

yes whatever happened to that?
Supposed to be re-setting up in Wales?
The new folks gave a mini presentation to my local cycling group and then that's the last I heard.
A fine old building Witcombs had.
Very kindly did a nice little job on an old Dale of mine.

It may be that the new owners aren't ready to trade yet, perhaps?

[Waiting or a container load of Alu and carbon frames from the Far East, I don't doubt] - he says in an inappropriate attempt at humour