The Mercian appreciation society

Think they did them for Eroica Britannia.They were 10 quid if I had any foresight I would have brought a load back!!!

I need me one of those!

want a mug!

In the lakes last week, some of the nicest riding I have done. Epic scenery.

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Yes, a stunning area. And love your Mercian, too.

Amazing bike, Wasdale?

Hello,
I hope you don't mind if I add my custom King of Mercia to proceedings? After a wait of thirteen long months the stunning frame is now built up with as many Italian jewels as funds would allow. She was delivered to me in June, she's called Eileen and I'm in love.

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Wow she's quite something!

You should do a break down of the parts. I'd certainly enjoy reading it.

Cheers!
Parts are Veloce 170 triple chainset (I'm hopeless with hills) and front mech. Sun XCD rear mech (the lovely Suntour Cyclone MK1 long cage that I sourced broke on the first outing). Centaur dual pivots and bottom bracket. Super Record brake levers and Record headset, seat post and small flange hubs. Mavic Ma2 32/40. 3TTT Record 84 stem, Morphe bars and tape. Suntour Perfect 14-24 6 speed freewheel. Brooks B17 Special. Crank Brothers Candy pedals. TA bottle cages and as many beautiful Campagnolo clips as I could use!! I think that's it?! Mercian said they only had a couple of sets of the limited 531 tubes left when I was measured up for this frame, so I'm very pleased I was able to own one. I was adamant about having a spot of chrome and the fork crown was the cheapest option but as you'd expect, it's stunning. I've only done century rides since building the frame up and those 400 miles have been glorious. Thanks again.

Wow, what a stunning frame. You must be bloody tall!

Once again, Mercian deliver! Another beaut, and I am still yet to see an ugly one! :0)
We really must have a mercian ride......I'm considering riding from bishops Stortford to Weston super mare, to see the banksy thing....dependant on time constraints, it might happen imminently!

Cheers. Yes, it came out rather large! It has the classic 'fists worth' of seat post on show and fits beautifully. I'm about six foot four and normally ride 24" frames but the Mercian came in at 25 and a 1/4".

Cheers! I feel very privileged to be able to add another beautiful frame to this splendid forum.

It's done...

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A frame of great beauty! I had a horrible thought a while back that Mercian had stopped making the Velocita. Clearly not and hurrah for that!! Some super fast miles ahead...

Lovely!^^

Thanks guys. I'm very pleased with the way it's turned out. Burt, my understanding is that Mercian have indeed stopped producing Velocita - this is a refurb job done by Mercian themselves on a 2009 frame. It is painted in yellow enamel and will be finished with full Campag Chorus. One job left to do it the removal of the Deda logos on the the fork - Mercian wouldn't do it as they were worried about damaging the carbon. I've found a friendly paint shop in Sheffield that will wet sand and re-clear coat for me. I'll post some more pics when the frame arrives here from Derby.

I took my vincitore special out for a bimble up to saffron walden this afternoon.....smoooooth 30miler :0)

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Will post pictures after renovation.

Lovely bike....where did you get that from? I recognise it :0)

You must have seen on ebay.

An old boy owned one identical to that locally to me.....

I bought it from the owner on ebay.
Don't want to get into more specific details on a public forum.

What just happened here?

Edit: maybe I over-reacted when I took the pictures down. Just not comfortable to discussing personal stuff on public forums. Bike was bought 100% legit. Stedlocks - PM for more info if you want.
(This is the last post on this topic from me)