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@Gustav
if you wanted a bike that was strictly about performance you probably wouldn't pick up a Mercian (thinking something more along the lines of a Fuji Track Pro...). There is definitely an aesthetic with old lugged bikes and I would say the quill stem does a better job of maintaining that