Another recent build

[Jamesbike]

Merseyside and North Wales '62 - '67. West London, Bath Rd etc. '68'-'70. Back to Merseyside (and also venturing to K16, K8 at times) '70 - '71. Yorkshire '72 - 2012. A few 'semi-retirements' occasionally at odd periods. Packed in racing end of 2012 due to getting pneumonia and deciding I was getting past it! Decided that I would re-live my youth with classic bikes instead, discovered Retrobike - and the rest is, as the saying goes, history!

There were some fast TT riders on Mersey side with Chris boardman and Gethin Butler etc ..

 

[Maskmike]

A local lad then! I know the courses well. Under the hour on the K16 on a steel bike…impressive sir!

 

[Maskmike]

There were some fast TT riders on Mersey side with Chris boardman and Gethin Butler etc ..

Those were golden times….

 

[Nob]

A local lad then! I know the courses well. Under the hour on the K16 on a steel bike…impressive sir!

No I’m from the West so road U courses allot but K16 was where I did my first under the hour ride 58.12 on Wolber Neo Pro Tubs I remember & Jack Hearne frame.

 

[Maskmike]

Merseyside and North Wales '62 - '67. West London, Bath Rd etc. '68'-'70. Back to Merseyside (and also venturing to K16, K8 at times) '70 - '71. Yorkshire '72 - 2012. A few 'semi-retirements' occasionally at odd periods. Packed in racing end of 2012 due to getting pneumonia and deciding I was getting past it! Decided that I would re-live my youth with classic bikes instead, discovered Retrobike - and the rest is, as the saying goes, history!

Same here; did some LVRC races but stopped 3 years ago. I now ‘the old fat bastard on the colnago’ whose bike I lusted over when I was 18 I now have two

 

[dorset boy]

Jack Hearne was my local shop !

No I’m from the West so road U courses allot but K16 was where I did my first under the hour ride 58.12 on Wolber Neo Pro Tubs I remember & Jack Hearne frame.

 

[Nob]

Jack Hearne was my local shop !

I had two frames built by Jack & he was a very nice gentleman to deal with at the time his competitor in Slough was Dave Russell but as a junior & being a big fan of Eddie Adkins I plumped for a Hearne even though I also admire big Roger Queen who had a Russell….

 

[Maskmike]

I had two frames built by Jack & he was a very nice gentleman to deal with at the time his competitor in Slough was Dave Russell but as a junior & being a big fan of Eddie Adkins I plumped for a Hearne even though I also admire big Roger Queen who had a Russell….

I’ve not owned either make but I hear that both were top! My local builder was Brian Rourke whose frames I raced on back in the early 80’s. In fact, recently I had the frame fully refurbished by Jason, Brian’s son - one of the best!

 

[Nob]

I’ve not owned either make but I hear that both were top! My local builder was Brian Rourke whose frames I raced on back in the early 80’s. In fact, recently I had the frame fully refurbished by Jason, Brian’s son - one of the best!

My colleague & a good friend whom you may know rode a few Rourkes

 

[Maskmike]

My colleague & a good friend whom you may know rode a few Rourkes

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I’d love this. Just to make the perfect pair with mine