About Bells Bespoke
Bells Bespoke is a specialist bicycle workshop working across restoration, preservation and custom build projects.
We work on classic, vintage and culturally interesting bicycles — from pre-war roadsters and lightweight steel frames to 1990s mountain bikes, family heirlooms and creative resto-mod builds. Some projects call for period-correct restoration. Others need a more imaginative approach: preserving the character of the original bicycle while reworking the finish, components or specification around a new brief.
Every project is approached individually, because no two bicycles arrive with the same condition, history or possibility.
The work is not simply about making bicycles look new.
It is about understanding what they are, what matters, and what they could become.
Our Approach
A good restoration begins with judgement.
Before work starts, we look closely at the bicycle: the frame, paint, decals, chrome, components, wheelset, construction, wear and previous repairs. We consider what is original, what has been changed, what can be saved, and what would be diminished by doing too much.
There is often a temptation in restoration to over-finish. To make everything brighter, cleaner and newer.
That is not always the right answer.
Our role is to find the correct balance between preservation, accuracy, usability and finish. The aim is a bicycle that feels coherent - mechanically sound, visually resolved and true to its character.
The Workshop Standard
Bells Bespoke works on bicycles with history: rare lightweight frames, pre-war roadsters, Raleigh Choppers, family touring bikes, children’s cycles, tricycles and unusual machines that need more care than a standard bike shop can offer.
Much of the work is carried out in-house, with trusted specialists used where required for processes such as chrome plating and specialist finishes. Each project may involve research, disassembly, sourcing, cleaning, polishing, paint, decals, chrome, wheel work, mechanical rebuilding and final setup.
None of those elements sit separately. The wrong saddle, rim, shade of paint or level of shine can change the character of a restoration completely.
That is why the details matter.
When a project leaves the workshop, it should feel settled. Nothing should jar. Nothing should feel accidental. The bicycle should have the presence, function and character it deserves.
Let’s start your restoration
Every bicycle has a story.
If you have a bicycle that deserves careful restoration, we would be delighted to hear about it.
hello@bellsbicycles.co.uk
0203 355 0108