“I took my new Mercian Audax out for it’s maiden voyage today and it was a pure joy to ride I’m now looking forward to another 30 years of pleasure on the roads with my steel horse. For those who are interested I chose and acquired all of the parts myself over 12 months after…
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Michael’s Vigorelli
Dear all at Mercian Cycles, many thanks for my new Mercian frame, painted in my club colours, Thornton RC. I’ve now built it up and road tested it, a beautiful ride. Thanks again, Michael
Renovation Special… Roll up Roll up
Renovation Time Special Offer! Free for February – Frame Collection & Delivery It’s that time of year when we’re getting peoples frames ready for Spring; repairs, renovations and just straight forward resprays. So get your frames out of the garage/shed and box them up, give us a call and we’ll arrange Parcelforce to collect your…
Dave’s Pro Lugless
Did I ever send you a picture of my Pro Lugless? If you want to post it on the Blog, be my guest. The way things are with the weather, it’s the only bike I shall be riding! Seriously, if I had to give up all my bikes (ten – if you include the Anniversary) and keep…
The all new Mercian WigLaf
We have just released this new range of standard build bikes @mercianmechanic (Ray) has labelled the Wiglaf. This was the name of a early king of Mercia. The bikes are available in three sizes 52, 54, 56. The frames are built with Reynolds 631 O/S tubing with a hidden head set and carbon forks. The…
Dave on the Col de Galibier
David and his Mercian Audax on top of Col de Galibier in the Marmotte sportive 2010 32 km descent from here and it rode like a dream.
Super Strada
My Strada Speciale is now fully built. I’ve not taken her for a spin yet as she’ll not fancy the damp, salty roads. I’ll wait for a really good day. The frame is truly splendid. You can see a full list of the parts used in the build on my flickr photostream – http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjromaine Thanks…
Italy Calling
Hi there, I’m Fabio from Vertical Sport, Italy. I never took the time to say thank for the great work you did with the frames that we ordered for our shop. Two of the three are already sold and here attached you can find the pictures for your blog (ther is no bar tape on…
Iain Green Machine
i This is my 1975 Mercian(17975). I recently built it up mostly using bits from the garage. I took it it out for a spin yesterday and it is perfect! I have just bought some Nuovo Record front and rear mechs and a set of Strada cranks. As soon as I can source some chainrings…
Festive Tipple with a story
I bought some of these for the festive season and just thought you would like the story found on the reverse label. Why The Gardeners’s Tap When James Paine built the Chatsworth stables in the 1760’s a brewery was included. Beer was brewed for the main House and for the staff. It was part of…
Kenny’s New Frame
A few pics of my KOM thanks guys, nice work.Ken
Fabulous Velocita
Steve’s Velocita frame finished in White Pearl and Black.853 pro tubing Steve is very pleased with this frame – very comfortable rides through the French country lanes near to home.Excellent hill climbing, fast and responsive. Excellent service and finish thanks to the guys at Mercian