Mikes bike pulling a trailer in the show. As you can see its running a belt drive. This drive system is becoming popular and makes for a clean and quiet / smooth transmission.Mike writes in his email the following :-With 32c Schwalbe Marathons – great tires –and SKS 45c fenders, there is the right amount…

This is a picture of my Mercian King of Merica 653 frame, which I was telling John about today, built up with a Campag Anthea 8 speed groupset; Cinelli bars and stem; Brooks Saddle and Mavic rims. I bought the frame secondhand and the rest of the bits came from eBay. Thank you Rob for…

Quick Leigh update . This picture was sent to us earlier from on the road to Kashgar. He has been in touch by email for spares to be sent out . Chainring , Chain and Rohloff sprocket. Read more about his world tour here. You can also donate to the charity at this address.

The first Blog this year and Gary’s email was short and sweet This is my mercian as ridden in italy on the 75km route at leroica in chanti italy, origional paint hope you could use it on your site regards Gary.

Steve sent me these pictures of his Mercian collection I thought you would like to see. Hi AllI have attached two images.The fushia and grey Audax Special I bought in 1997 of the peg and the blue Vincitore I had made in 2007 as a birthday present to myself.All the best.SteveKent.

Hi, I thought you might want to see this, I picked up the frame and it was described to me as a 1980s frame, used occasionally and had a full refurb in the mid-90’s and hanging in a shed since. You identified it as a 1961 bike and it does not look its age, it…

Well Jeff’s come up with the goods yet again. Jeffs a avid photographer and dug out one of his film cameras which had a film in. He had it developed and look what he found. I’ve never seen a Mercian head badge before so this is certainly a rare item.

Jeff ( ergoman ) had a trip to the Derby magistrates court the other day. Only to see the Derby Gleam show of course not for a personal attendance. While he was there he took these pictures which was being projected onto the outside of the building. The show was from 7pm to 10pm and…

This is Bart who had this bike completely renovated for his mate as a surprise present. The bike came to us in a bit of a state but we stripped the bike gave it a nice new coat of paint and rebuilt the bike to Bart’s spec. His mate was over the moon with his…

Greetings from the USA, please see the attached photos of my new King Of Mercia, which I ordered from International Pro Bike Shop in Bellbrook Ohio back in May, and just took delivery of today. Just got back from a very short ride and I’m thrilled. The bike is my second KoM, the first I…

We had a visit from the lads from Push Cycles ( on twitter @pushcycles ) from left to right Hassan, Mike and Ciaran from London the other day. Pictured here in the workshop with Tim , Derek and yours truly. I have a sneaking feeling they enjoyed the hours spent with us. You will see…

Well here’s a couple of Mercian’s where sure you’ll like. A 60th Anniversary and a 953 Strada Special . Both these beauties are owned by Rob who has just finished building the 953 Strada . Thank you Rob for your pictures sent in