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Hello there.I very much doubt that your bike is a genuine Rourke.It looks to me like a cheap frame resrayed and a set of Brian Rourke transfers applied.The majority of his frames have wrap over rear stays which yours doesn't,in fact they are in the style of a Raleigh.Sorry.G.

Thanks bikegeek.Great solution and I might say service from Maplin,ordered yesterday [tues.] delivered this morning.[wed.]Zoot.

As a mech. of 1970/80s vintage my experience of Alan frames was always positive.One I recall was brought to me by Vern Hanary,which I built up and badged as a Brian Rourke and on which he won a stage of the milk race that year as well as other races.He never had any problems as I recall and I was so...

one of the reasons for doing this is that in the :olden:days when I used to build wheels the quality of hubs and especially spokes were not made to todays standards so that a broken spoke ,usually a rear,would be prone to wrap itself around the wheel before you could stop,with interesting results.Th...

As an ex mechanic my opinion of these is similar to the quoted local LBS mech.There were also the alloy forks used on some models for which the :barge pole: phrase springs to mind although you probably won,t have a problem with them nowadays as I very much doubt if any of them survived their early s...

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thanks for the replies from Kentish man and peevafred both of which were very helpfull.I would interested in your subsequent progress as cyclists,for instance any problems etc.? zoot.

Having had a heart attack in january followed by a visit to hospital and an angioplasty op. and a stent fitted I have now started a cardiac rehabilition at the local leisure centre which I find to be very good as they keep an eye on your heart rate blood pressure etc.I have also restarted cycling as...