Here comes the bride (in some style!)

Rob Spedding | Blog, Cycling Plus | 29/08/2010 07:21am

Paul Smith, Cycling Plus tech guru and ace photographer, knew exactly what he wanted to get his new wife as a wedding present – a retro bike. He couldn’t find an off-the-shelf model, though, so he made one…

Now Smiffy’s attention to detail is legendary – he spends hours polishing his Storck – and when it came to creating the prefect present to give to Gillian at their wedding yesterday (28th August) he became obsessively anal! He picked up a 1974 Raleigh Mixte that had seen better days and then spent about four months beavering away secretly in the garage to create this incredibly sweet looking machine for his fiancé (now Mrs Smith).

Mrs Smith's 'new' bike is pretty special.

Cycling Plus art ed. Warren was Smiff’s best man and says that Paul took around two weeks simply getting the stitched leather bar tape perfect!

With help from a few of the top people who make up the British bike industry Paul got the bike beautifully painted and had all the shiny bits chromed or titanium nitrided.

As you might expect the bike theme continued on the big day and Paul, Warren and a number of guests arrived at the wedding on bikes.

Congratulations to Paul and Gillian from everyone here at Cycling Plus!

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