Recent content by Gadge

Hi All....hope someone can help, just been given a Raliegh town and around. I haven't collected it yet but I was hoping to get some info as too, the years of manufacture, frame spec, etc.....Cheers Gary

Hi Shaun nothing quite as fancy :D ....this is the one http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx? ... &AbsPos=12

Hi silverlightning Thanks for the suggestion, but after a bit of research this won't fit a 113mm BB....the standard 105 will but not the golden Arrow ....hoping not to have to spend money on a new BB..

Hi Has anyone got a left hand crank for a SR Royal 170 or even a complete chainset.....or maybe an early shimano 600 (6400) or 105 6/7 speed complete chainset....just replaced the bottom bracket with a 113 threadless one and I know these will fit. Open to other options but don't really want to...

Hi I recentley posted Some photos of a bike I bought and the replies I got were really helpful. I've sent an email to rourkes with the frame number which is 2156 (stamped on the frame and on the forks), hoping they could verify that it was actually a Rourke. As of yet they haven't replied, so...

Just taken the paint off the fork ends and rear dropouts and they are both campy....see what else is revealed when it's blasted!

Hi Thanks for the info..... the brakes are allen key and yes it has been touched up and even re-spayed in places ....going to get it blasted so hopefully it might reveal some frame numbers....do you think the forks are a later addition?

Hi Thanks for that,I did have a look and people have said that they finished off other makers frames also. I want to have it blasted and repainted in the colour way it is but wasn't sure about putting the decals back on as i don't want to say it's something that it isn't! The lugs are nice and I...

Hi I've posted this on the readers bikes forum, but I think this might be the one It should of gone on ( new to all this), anyway the photos are on the other forum under the same heading.... Can anyone help I recently acquired this bike it's badged as a Brian Rourke, but I don't think it is as...

Hi Can anyone help I recently acquired this bike it's badged as a Brian Rourke, but I don't think it is as the rear stays do not wrap over the frame. It's mostly Campy stuff on it including wheels, besides the shimano 600 brakes, Cinelli bars, SR crank. The stickers say 531 but all this stuff...