I ‘think’ I have an Alan Super Record but as I bought it years ago, off a friend of my uncle and didn’t ask any questions I am alas in the dark.

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I’ve been riding the thing for years now and love it to bits, sadly in the literal sense of the word. 6 months ago I buckled the back wheel and it’s been left to collect dust. Every bike shop I’ve been to can’t sell me a ready made 6 speed wheel. So my options seem some what limited. One guy said I could just fit a 7spd but then I’d have to fit a new derailleur, gear levers etc. Then another told me the frame would crack as the 7spd is wider and it’s an aluminium frame. Another option was to build a new rim onto the old hub, something like the shimano open pro rims. But I’m worried that after spending £200 odd pound on a couple of custom builds something else is going to fail.

I was thinking just to use original campy parts but having looked on ebay and campyold etc and are seriously out of my price range. Given I only paid £100 for it 8 years ago.

The frame is quite scratched so I expect I can’t sell it for peanuts. So I can leave it to gather dust until I can afford original parts and buy a new bike in the meantime. But I really just want to get it going again preferably as cheaply as possible, are there light 6 speed wheels out there to buy for cheap and I’m not looking in the right places?

I realise I haven’t got a clue, and there isn’t really a straight answer cause there isn’t really a straight question in all that but hey humour me Please