VMB Vintage Modern Bicycles, Postmodern (classic style) and Custom parts (drillium, WW, replica...)

Oof! You must have had some generous sponsors

What a great picture, you just can't look anywhere near as cool wearing a helmet, especially not back to front.

Moustache and ear stud?

Brilliant pic ... but you could have shaved your forearms for an extra 10 sec ;-)

What rear mech is that, must be a TT favourite as you've clearly got top kit in every other respect.

Huret Jubilee, lightest mech ever, naturally! (plus alloy sprockets).

Amazing photo Colin. I make out the decal says Harry Perry, were there frames being built there in Woolwich when that was made?

I just found out from their website Harry Perry joined the shop in 1921!

So I guess your photo's early 80s maybe?

Nope, Paul Mepham carried on the business post-Harry, I believe it is still in his family. Bill Philbrook built all the top end frames in the 80s. Frame and pic are definitely '84.

Wow!

What is the bar-end accessory fitted to that black Eddy Merckx bike?

Must be campag blips or whatever they're called

Electronic shift button thingy?

Yep, it's an EPS bar end/TT shifter. All around very cool bike:

https://cyclingtips.com/2017/06/a-special-eddy-merckx-mx-leader-built-with-campagnolo-athena-eps/

Yep, it's an EPS bar end/TT shifter

Cheers @damskodonny, @jontea and @themidge , it's good to see that electronic shifters came in bar-end variants.

Merckx Titane is great, Merckx MXL is a mess.
MXL looks like there is something under the bar tape at 4 o’clock. Sprint switches?

Wow at the weirdness on the black Merckx - Delta brakes and EPS with no Ergos has to be a totally unique combo.

Campy took a while to agree with me that a rear dual pivot is superfluous... I've never run a rear DP. Shame Shimano never realised what a nice touch this is. While back, I bought a pair of 7400 single pivots, and cut down the front spindle so I had two rears (trashed my M5 thread die on that steel). One of em paired with a 7700 front, rocking the 7400 QR from the other brake, the other sporting the 7700 QR, paired with a 9000 front. Been toying with the notion of using some dark tint film offcuts to ape the 9000 ano...

I've never run a rear DP

same for me https://www.flickr.com/photos/76205435n056843501773/albums/72157713570432231

Holy duck snapping shit, dude. Those all yours?!

How many do you currently own...?

Might help if I replied to your post