First of all sorry about the lack of a post last night I had to go out almost direct from work so had very little time on my hands. Anyway enough of the excuses lets get on with it. Ok not the best picture in the world but it does the job. As you see…

This is John our main shop man and the surfer dude. The picture was sent in by Mercians biggest fan Chris from one of his many visits to our shop from Ireland. Chris has a great flickr site and definitely worth a look which I will try and link elsewhere on this site. (by the…

Just before I waffle on about the picture we have a vacancy in our shop details can be found at http://www.bikebiz.com/jobs/1094/retail-sales-person John wants to retire so he can go surfing all day but we will not let him go until we have a replacement to fill his boots. He is a tough act to follow….

Meet Jeff The Ergo Man, if there is anything you need to know about ergos Jeff is the man. He is also our tandem man and has held 6 National Competition tandem Records. One of them lasted for 28 years – the mens 50 which he did with Richard. He was also in the first…

Well this frame left us today on its way up to Scotland and I think it looks the business ( lucky Peter ). It has the new vinyl transfers which to my eyes look really nice. On a different tack we ( not me but our web builders) are working on a new web site…

First of all thank you Fred for your comment I will try and sort it. The email address is in my profile by the way. Today with help from Carl ( in the picture) was a frame checking day. We check all the custom/ stock frames before paint. I built another Rohloff wheel today (700c)…

Well at last we know what the new 11spd equipment is all about. As you can see the rear gears look very nice especially the super record rear gear. The Ergo lever looks very nice but dare I say it look,s a bit like S-Ram to me ! Well the total super record group should…

Just a picture today of a Vincitore track bike ( yet another track bike) being put together by Gav the shop manager. Jeff the ergo man has been looking at the Mercian blog today and I think he is about to put one together himself about the South Pennine Road Club if he does I…

As you can see Rob has had a really hard day at work today. It must have been all that spray booth cleaning a Rob hehe.

Today was the day to clean one of the spray booth,s Replace bearings in the fans and give the place a general sprucing. To say it was a mucky job would be a understatement .

Well I am back from a few days off and back in at the deep end. I have been answering emails for most of the day with a quick run over to the workshop to pick some frames for customers to pick up this weekend. Carl has been fitting out a Colnago at the moment…

I have been at the office all day today getting ready for a few days off so this could be my last post for a day or two. I have posted a shot of a almost finished 60th Anniversary frame being built by Derek. This one is destined for a hard life going to a…