Bike porn

max, from the new FIXED book then?

some nice flicks

"surprised no one has posted anything in here for 5 days now" :)

The Mercian shop yesterday (please excuse the inadvertent readers' wives). Photo lifted from their blog.

so which one is yours?

its in current projects

whats protocol here? doesn't one of us need to post it in here? think its worthy

ideally

That pink and blue one is lovely

The one second from the left was nice. Metallic British racing green with gold contrasts and white lining.

Might be a repost from 'the lost days' but this thing is AMAZING.

Nice one..... every bit posted yesterday gone?

What's with all the tits on the wall @ Mercian?

Oh, i forgot, it's in the north isn't it.

is it my imagination or have quite a lot of posts from the last few days gone awol from this thread?????

What's with all the tits on the wall @ Mercian?

Oh, i forgot, it's in the north isn't it.

What? I don't think that's exclusive to the North somehow braker. No need to be such a prig, eh.

is derby not in the midlands?

yes chris, it is.

They talk funny and work in factories. Therefore, in the north innit

I always imagined though, that everyone who works at Mercian has a beard, smokes a pipe and rambles on about period correct components all day.... Alas, Marlboro Lights, The Sun and topless ladies on motorbikes seems to be the reality.

Old scandium team bike

They talk funny and work in factories. Therefore, in the north innit

I always imagined though, that everyone who works at Mercian has a beard, smokes a pipe and rambles on about period correct components all day.... Alas, Marlboro Lights, The Sun and topless ladies on motorbikes seems to be the reality.

Actually they're quite standard blokes more worried about comfort and affordability than finesse and nostalgia. Proper blokes with oil under their nails. I once was asking them about matching a specific hue of green and they looked at me as if I was a total dandy (fair enough). We talked for about five minutes before he let on that he is completely colourblind.

Sort of a repost... as in I tried to post it this am but now its gone...

I've decided that when I grow up I'm going to get llewellyn to make lugs for my bike.

bb?

... I don't think there is one... so I guess its a fail then :(

Actualy I've found out he's a fraud ;)

• "A down tube lugs looks like this at the start. These are "Parcenti" lugs imported from the USA."
  
  

- "The lug is filed and sanded down in steps to 1000 grit paper wraped around Balsa wood sticks, then buffed to a 80% finish, this takes about four hours. Then the drilling, cutting and filing starts. After five hours of cutting and filing the down tube lug is at this and at about one third stage."