Jack is Rapha’s lead designer and ordered his Mercian a while ago. Below is his email. It was nice to catch up at Bespoked in Bristol. Congratulations on the best utility bike as well. Totally deserved! I just remembered i said i’d send over a picture of the complete bike. I’m really pleased with how…
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Colins Bike
Above is Colin’s bike at the Millennium Mosaic in the village of Wray in Lancashire.
Roberts Super Vig
Dear Mercian, Finally got round to taking some pictures of this one. 2010 vintageSuper Vigorelli. Can be found at Canons Ashby house in Northamptonshireon sunny days whilst rider takes on tea and cake. Best wishes, RobertLove the colour scheme. Thank’s Robert for the photo’s.
Dale’s Bike Build
The pictures a little small Dale sent it by email with a few shots of the bike but also sent short video of the bike build. If anyone else has a video they would like to send in please do.
953 Touring machine
We built this Reynolds 953 touring bike for a discerning customer last year and I thought you would like to have a look. Rohloff hub , S&S couplers are just a few of the very top components used on the build. Please note it also runs a Gate’s belt drive with sprocket and chainring made…
Happy Easter Shop Closed days.
The shop will be closed over the Easter holiday on the following days Monday 9th April CLOSED all day.Tuesday 10th April CLOSED all day.Wednedsay 11th April Closed all day.Happy Easter to all.
Fred’s Fab bike
My special thanks go to everyone at Mercian for constructing such a wonderful frame and for letting me make some minor changes, including the addition of one of the new metal headbadges, before my frame went into production. Additionally, since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, innocent bystanders will have to make up…
The Bristol Handmade Bike show March 2012
Last weekend was the Bristol Bespoke bike show. The show was a great success for all the exhibitors, very hard work getting everything together for the event, but it all came together well at the show. As you no doubt know by now we won the Best Utility Bike prize. The bike above is Jane’s…
Bristol Bike Show
We are showing at the above exhibition. Getting every thing ready for it is taking a while but we are on track for a nice display. Hope to see you there.
Matts 653 Pro Lugless
Hi Just thought I would send you a pic of my 1989 Pro Lugless – 653 with full Campag C-Record groupset. Back in the late 80’s a member of my cycling club bought one of these in bright orange (I was 15 and riding a second hand nail at the time), and I wanted one…
Robert’s Ride
The bike’s finally been put together and it’s looking fabulous. The lads down in Derby did a great job of repainting it. As you see it’s been done up as near to 1965 trim as possible. The rims were the only things a bit out of kilter, being a bit later. Here’s a photo of…
Chris funky ride
Hi there, I thought I’d sent over a couple of pictures of my Mercian tt frame. I’ve not seen too many (any) like it so assume it wasn’t a standard frame that you produced. It’s an early nineties frame I think, recently refinished and turned into a fixed wheel bike via a White Industries Eno…