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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 ..
 
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.
 
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 😂😂😂
 
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….
 
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!
 

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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 😁

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