We're heading up north to reminisce about some classic British makers from the past, such as Rourke, Woodrup, Mercian and Henry Burton
, the name was revived as Ellis Briggs moved to a new premises. Thankfully Gibson is still making, renovating and selling frames to this day.Brian Rourke was a top-level road racer in his day, riding the Milk Race three times and winning several national titles as a veteran.
Jason also took the time to answer some of our questions about Rourke today, confirming that the business is as busy as ever and steel is still real: "We have been lucky as nothing declined, I can't think of any time where we haven't had a long order list, we just build more for leisure than racing now."
"Carbon cycle manufacturers dominate racing now, there's nothing really wrong with that but it does limit the individuality and creativity on racing bikes and that you used to see. George built frames and worked for other brands in the area over the years, and his skills were well respected among local riders. It's widely believed that he even built frames for Tour de France riders.Mercian Cycles
The company is still making and renovating their own frames today, with an in-house master frame builder who has four decades of experience according to the Pennine website.was a metalwork teacher and accomplished racing cyclist, who initially started out by making frames in his home garage on Tyneside. He then started building frames for M. Steel Cycles in Gosforth, a business that had been trading since 1894, but sadly closed down in 2017.
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