Professional 725 Ive been asked to focus on frames we have in stock by quite a few people so here is our new feature “Frame Focus”I hope to add frames now and then so keep a eye out for further frames. The frame we have this week is a Professional made from Reynolds 725 tubing….

    The shop has been hit hard by the recent high winds. Just to quell rumours we are NOT shutting down. The new sign will be up very soon.

I ordered the frame in 1980 from The Spoke bicycle shop in Boulder, Colorado as a college student at the University of Colorado.  It was my first custom built bike and I worked my way up to a catagory 1 racer competing against the likes of Hampsten, Phinney, Grewal, Heiden, the McCormick brothers etc. on…

  I hope all is well with you and everyone over at Mercian cycles. Just thought I would drop you an update to say that my Mercian is now very nearly complete!  I attach a couple of photos I took on this morning’s ‘photoshoot’ Thank you Jane for the photos. we are liking your gold…

  Hi, As promised please find attached some photos of the Witcombe. Thanks for doing a great job. Best Regards Guy This Whitcomb has turned out looking like new, fab.

  It’s great to have the Pro Lugless back after its superb paint job – well done lads! Like a comfortable pair of shoes returned from the menders. A good friend of Mercian sent in these pictures of his recently renovated Pro-Lugless machine. We think it looks really good. Thank you Dave for the pictures…

    it’s taken a few weeks but you requested a photo of the bike when I finally built the frame up to something rideable. I attach a couple of pics (sorry, strong sunshine this morning). Still a few bits to sort (haven’t taped up the bars until I’m happy with the position of the…

    Hi Guys At last I have built up the Peugeot bike you painted and chrome plated for me. As promised a picture or two attached. Hi David now its together it look really nice. Enjoy. If you have had a frame of any make renovated by us and would like it posted on…

Just thought you would like a look at this Raleigh frame/bike renovation we recently finished for a customer .Complete with Campagnolo record equipment. I’m sure you will agree this is a lovely machine and looks like new now.      

Dear Jane, Ray and all at Mercian, I finally get around to sending you some photos of my built up frame. As I hope you can see from the snaps, the frame has been built up with love and a scattering of Italian jewels! Funnily enough, before I got the frame I was ‘window shopping’…

All the way from Taiwan An & Tsai popped into our workshop to say hello today. They started their year long journey around the planet in March and have a impressive 9000 miles under the wheels up to now. After a cup of tea a couple of Jaffa cakes and a chat with the lads…

Ive finally got round to sending you a picture of my KoM after collecting the frame from you on 1 May and building it up myself the following week. I think It looks great with Shimano XT group apart from Dura Ace bar ends (cables outed under the bar tape which shift really well), Velo…