FS: Brian Rourke F&F

For sale Brian Rourke frame + Forks. £120 Pickup at Elephant and Castle or post at cost.

Tubing is pretty light at 1.9kg for the frame and 0.66kg for the fork, So possibly 531C tubing. I built this up briefly but selling as I changed my mind and bought a different frame to swap components onto. Build thread is here https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/392973/
It was refinished by Dave Hinde, however it is a Brian Rourke frame verified by the shop to be roughly late 70's. It has the signature wrap around seat stays.

• 52cm top tube CTC
  
• 53cm Seat tube CTT
  
• English BB good threads
  
• 130mm rear spacing
  
• 27.2mm seatpost
  
• Campagnolo dropouts
  
• Tyre clearance 700x28mm
  
• I think this was originally a 27" frame so the brake drop is about 52mm, I can chuck in some Centaur brakes that work or if you're not using Campag can thrown in some Tektro ones for an extra £15.
  
  

Graham Weigh Track bike £200. Pickup at Elephant and Castle or post at cost. SOLD

This is a Reynolds 853 track frame, drilled for brakes. Very tight aggressive handling with tight clearances. Paint is average with plenty of chips but no real dents that I can see and runs straight. I've bought this frame a while back from the forum and built it up, learnt how to ride track on it and raced it a few times. I've replaced my frame so am now selling it. See the story here https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/388315/

Full Specs

• 51cm top tube ctc 49cm seat tube ctc
  
• Nitto B123 NJS steel bars w/ Supacaz tape
  
• 105 Headset
  
• Andel 165mm crankset w/ Shimano UN300 BB (super smooth)
  
• Miche 48t Chainring Miche 15t Sprocket and YBN Chain (both brand new)
  
• Mavic Open Sport rims to Quando hubs
  
• Continental Attack 22mm tyres, very low mileage plenty of life left.
  
• Thomson 27.0mm Seatpost and Selle Italia saddle
  
  

Beautiful frame at a bargain price, but I’m surprised if it’s late 70s with those short rear dropouts. E.g. mine built in 2000 has older style Campag dropouts. What’s the frame number? And GLWS!

Yeah it threw me off as well as originally I thought it was 80’s or 90’s because of the dropouts too. I actually asked Rourke cycles and they were surprised at the dropouts but they said likely because the chain stays are really short they used those, they confirmed it was from the late 70’s. 28mm tyres just fit in the back but need to be deflated. Serial is 238 matching fork and frame.

Right that makes sense, I just about have to deflate the rear tyre to get my back wheel off! Really lovely small frame for some lucky person... GLWS!

Updated with track bike for sale now

Price drop!

Update. Graham Weigh track bike is sold the Rourke is still available.

price drop on the Rourke frame!