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Back in the day, when I was a teenie in Congleton Cycling Club, (which thinking about it is over 36 years ago) the bike to have was either a Bob Jackson, Harry Hall or a Brian Rourke. Unfortunately, my Sunday club runs all took place on a Puch Alpine 5 speed. A Brian Rourke was something you went to look at in the shop window, something I remember doing on one of the Sunday club runs.
The bike was built for one very careful owner who had it made to measure he thought about 25 years ago. The frame number is 872. The paintwork is superb and near perfect. Its had a couple of component changes including the chainset from Campagnolo to Shimano 600. Its a bit of a mix of Shimano and Campagnolo including the Dura-Ace stem and seat post.
Galli calipers, Record hubs with Mavic G40 rims, wheels are replacements. Oddly though, they don't seem to be stainless spokes. Not sure of what model the Campagnolo pedals are but they have the original Campagnolo leather toe straps with plastic button ends.
It was worth the wait
I've noticed Jason hovers around the forum so I'm hoping he drops by and shed's some light on its history :)
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