We have supplied a bike to Paul Smith for a display which can be seen in his Manchester showroom on Cathedral Street. Pop in and take a look.
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Raleigh Respray
Jamie sent us this picture of our recent Raleigh frame renovation. We think you like us think its a really nice looking bike.
A few days off
The shop and office will be closed from Tuesday 10th of September and will re-open on the Friday the 13th September. Thank you
Andrew’s Mercian in Australia
Hello Mercian, Here is one for your blog – There is nothing like a spring ride out on my 1979 Strada Speciale, the picture was taken by the Hawkesbury River near my home in Sydney Australia.
Alan at the Eroica
I have now taken part in Eroica Britannia ‘The 500’ and have a couple of pictures you may deem worthy of your gallery. The bike is still looking good after the respray, and elicits comments from other riders – your work is certainly admired. The Carradice bag and rack – with accompanying cape –…
Re-united after 50 years
Rob Vousten from Holland called in to see us today at the workshop. Rob rode the 65 mile Eroica ride around Derbyshire yesterday, but earlier he dropped in to see the original owner of the bike, Ken Orpe, in Allestree. Rob bought the Mercian on ebay a few years ago and managed to trace the…
We need your help…
with a couple of things….. Firstly, we have a good customer who has been invited to ride the Eroica 2019 at short notice, we’ve been looking about – but we don’t have a pre-1987 Mercian to suit. It’s an unusual request we know… but he’s a very good customer, does a lot for Mercian and…
Ivan’s clean Mercian
Dear Mercian, I have attached some pics of my 1991 ‘King of Mercia’ frame number 37991, which I have owned for about 7 years. I have added/replaced with a few ‘modern’ parts but it is pretty much as built. I am unsure whether this is suitable for inclusion in your gallery, no problem if not,…
Olaf’s Mercian collection
Both bikes are Vincitore Specials (purple: 2016, orange: 2018), set up as Audaxing bikes with 28mm tyres, Paul Components Medium Racer breaks, Shimano Ultegra 11sp with 11-40 Cassettes using Wolf Tooth Roadlink, Campagnolo Athena 34/50 cassette and Shimano bar end shifters. https://cycling-intelligence.com/2019/07/31/the-secrets-of-a-rinko-bike-how-to-get-a-near-perfect-steed-for-train-travel/?fbclid=IwAR2mudcPF-mnSwN4zXeQbnpLgT3voueeNxjiLR-eeW1zuA7EG4dbznrfL5Q The orange one is set up as a “Rinko” bike for easy high…
H R Morris Renovation
We recently renovated a lovely 1968 HR Morris frame for our customer, Mr Dawson, the frame is his pride and joy and we were looking forward to seeing this frame restored too. He told us “this extraordinary frame was built at the end of 1968 by H.R. (Dick) Morris, of Walthamstow, London. His was the…
The Paul Smith Tandem
The Paul Smith tandem is now on display in Singapore after it’s initial unveiling at the Wallpaper Handmade X exhibition in Milan. This one-off build was commissioned by Paul Smith early in the year and was an honour to build. It’s the first tandem we’ve built in a long while and to say the least…
June 19 Renovation Offer
Free Collection and Delivery on Frame Renovations and Resprays for June 2019 (UK mainland only) The local Council have managed to bring our side of Derby to a virtual standstill for traffic with major road closures probably over the next 2 – 3 weeks. It’s fine to get here by bike, but they have closed…