In addition to fabricating beautiful handmade bicycle frames, Bantam Bicycle Works is happy to help you with all of your frame repair, restoration, and modification needs. Whether you want to add a gaggle of braze-ons to your old steel frame to make it more utilitarian, need to replace that cracked top tube on your vintage Italian racing bike, or add S&S couplers, we are here for you.

Please read this first: Due to overwhelming demand and our limited capacity there will be a minimum charge of $1000 (pre-repainting) on all frame repair and retrofit work. Additionally, repair work is put into the queue, on a first come first serve basis, just like any other job. Sorry for any inconvienience this may cause you.

frame repairs:

$550 Replace down tube or top tube, TIG welded

$650 Replace down tube or top tube, fillet brazed

$800 Replace down tube or top tube, lugged

$900+ Replace seat tube

$500+ Replace chain stay or seat stay, per each

$300 Replace chain stay or seat stay bridge

$700+ Replace bottom bracket shell

$450+  Replace rear dropout (plus cost of replacement dropout)

$350+  Replace fork dropout (plus cost of replacement dropout)

$850 Install track ends 

$700 Replace steerer tube

$200 Replace derailleur hanger threads

For other repairs please contact us for a quote.

braze-ons:

$55 Water bottle bosses, per pair

$75 Rack mounts, per pair

$40 Cable stop, per each

$40 Hydraulic cable guide, per each

$200 Cantilever brake mounts, per pair

$200 Add disc tab to frame or fork, per each

$75 Down tube shifter bosses, per pair

$75 Eyelets on dropouts, per pair

$55 Pump peg

$55 Braze-on front derailleur mount

$100 Top tube cable guides, three

$40 Seat stay chain hanger

$100 Bottom bracket cable guides, underneath

$20 Drill and tap bottom bracket for plastic cable guide

retrofits:

$550 S&S Coupler installation, per coupler (most frames will require two)

$350 Install seat stay (or chain stay) splitter for belt drive

other frame work:

$100 Ream and face head tube

$50 Chase bottom bracket threads

$125 Tap and face bottom bracket

$75 Ream seat tube

$50 Chase steerer threads

$50 Cut new steerer threads, per inch

$50 Cut crown race

$150 Full post-paint frame prep package

$100 Align frame

$100 Align fork

$25 Align dropouts, per pair

$20 Align derailleur hanger

Other services available, please contact us for a quote.

Prices do not reflect cost of repainting your frame. There will be an additional charge for removing/reinstalling components. We are currently only able to do work on steel bicycle frames. And we will not perform work upon frames that have been chromed.