Brian Rourke 653 High Pro

[tanneryboy]

First post :roll:

Recent renovation - great custom paint option worked out by Jason Rourke

Circa.1992 in the High Pro style favoured by a few of the tall Dutch riders of the day

 

[tanneryboy]

Sneak shots of the build-up

 

[curyam]

Very nice. Love the black and white scheme. Understandably it is the 1st Rourke I've seen w/o the wrap around seat stays!

 

[Jonny69]

What was the advantage of that then? To my eye you wouldn't lose anything by moving that top tube up.

 

[tanneryboy]

Fair comment on moving the top tube up! 'Different for the sake of different' might be something of an answer. Original thoughts were a smaller (and stiffer?) main triangle, but the super long (flexy?) head tube seems to have been overlooked :roll:

It does actually have the wrap over seat stays (see new pic) as I remember (Brian himself?) saying it was a 'balls' to try and get their signature feature on this most awkward of seat clusters

 

[Doubledee]

lovely paint job from Rourkies, they are doing a Rapha special in black with a red Chris King headset, you have it just right well done. Reminds me to renew my efforts to try and find my old BR track bike!

 

[tanneryboy]

I hadn't seen that Rapha edition

It's truly a thing of understated beauty!

http://www.rapha.cc/rourke-cycles

 

[Stempie]

That is one hell of a special frame! I always dig the custom built ones.