New Mercian Vigorelli Track

I'm pretty sure I have a small piece of braze in my forks that rattles around and annoys the hell out of me
sand in the frame from a respray is mega annoying. even worse when you've spent 2 hrs shaking the frame and get tiny amounts out, but it never all comes out! :(

about the rattling - spray some spray glue into the frame and it will catch and hold the sodder that's in there. That's the advice i was given.
About mercian, I had a problem with my frame when it arrived. I called and they took it back, sorted it and sent it back no charge. They are good people and if there's a problem they'll want to sort it out for you.

can Mercian do flat crown forks for there vigorelli?

they can... it would mean acquiring a different crown is all..

that depth of field's annoying. open the curtains!

MY BJ has a rattle in the top tube - I suspect it's a bit of loose brazing material but I only notice it when I tip the bike so don't think it's a big deal. I'd be more worried about the thiness of the paint job.

can Mercian do flat crown forks for there vigorelli?

i ordered my vigorelli about 2 weeks ago, and asked whether they could replace the sloping fork crown with a flat one - they said they might be able to, it depends whether they can get hold of one (but in the past they have been able to), i couldnt decide whether i wanted the sloping or flat, they said they'd send me a pic of the flat if they got hold of one...i'll post it on here when/if i get it!

sand in the frame from a respray is mega annoying. even worse when you've spent 2 hrs shaking the frame and get tiny amounts out, but it never all comes out! :(

I've suffered a sandy frame flange (around the lug area) too, it's infuriating. Thought about a vacuum cleaner, ended up selling the frame.

But in a fork blade, with no drilling - what am I do to? drill the blade to get the loose braze out? I've even thought about magnetising the fork blade so at least the braze stays static...

+1 to something rather like sand in there, my old Mercian has too, which seemed like it had been reprayed once already before I got it.

About the paint: call Jane at the workshop, instead of talking about it on here. Like Jacqui said, you should get great service from them.

only got good things to say about Mercian, when they did my respray it was flawless and he customer service was spot on

Yeah I would call and offer to e-mail them some photos of what concerns...

Flat crown

This came with road bike clearances next one won't ...;)

I've suffered a sandy frame flange (around the lug area) too, it's infuriating. Thought about a vacuum cleaner, ended up selling the frame.

But in a fork blade, with no drilling - what am I do to? drill the blade to get the loose braze out? I've even thought about magnetising the fork blade so at least the braze stays static...
they will have a small hole about a third up on the inside, get covered very easy with resprays though ;)

This came with road bike clearances next one won't ...;)

Ssschwiiing!

That's for sale I think, el squire...

Wallet says no....sadly.