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@EcuriePeril
Hello and welcome to this new project.
If you have followed my three year Alfano Saffron Lane project you will know that it has come to a very 11th hour and abrupt end.
When it happened I was incredibly disappointed and depsondent that after 3years my dream bike wouldn't happen and I thought about just giving up on it. However, as you only get one spin of the coin in life I've decided to go ahead with local frame builders Mercian.
A couple of emails have been exchanged with Bob at Mercian and I'm popping over on Friday at 9 a.m for a chat. At the moment my starting spec is a Super Vigorelli in oversize 853 pro with a green paint job and white barber pole to reflect the colour choices that were going on the Alfano. Bob has also suggested a Vincitore with track geo. Not gonna lie I am drawn in by the super fancy hand crafted lugs and so perhaps a bit of a combo may be the result. Let's see...