For Sale: Mercian Road/Touring - 55cm 531st & 531

I have a nice (IMHO) Mercian road/touring bike for sale - just a little bit small for me.

I say tourer because it has a 531st frame which I believe has a little stronger down-tube. It has mud-guard eyelets and clearance however there's no where to mount a rack.

Some details

• Seat tube is 55cm c-t-c as is the top tube.
  
• Has mostly SR components - brake and chain rings are marked "Red S".
  
• Rear Dérailleur is Suntour Alpha 5000
  
• Sakae bars have "Sakae Custom" on one side and "Road Champion" on the other. Clamp area is 25.4mm and in good order. They will need a re-tape.
  
• Hoods on the levers have also split so probably need removing or replacing
  
• Stronglight 170mm cranks 86 BCD - SR rings 52 and 36 teeth
  
• Take 700c wheels - the ones it came with are Wolber Super Champions (Model 58 I think which take clincher tyres.)
  
• 27.2mm SR fluted seatpost which has polished up nicely.
  
  

From the serial number the frame was made in 84 - the frame has the usual scrapes but no dents. A little surface rust shows through in places so I think it could do with a respray.

Not really sure what it's worth - I was thinking somewhere in the region of £120 collected from Reading. I can meet the lucky buyer at Reading Station which os only 20/25 minutes from Paddington.

Any question I'll happily answer them.

Cheers

Richard

PS - Yes I'll include the beans if it helps sweaten the deal.

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Dibs, PM coming!

Not really sure what it's worth

Thats a nice bike. Its worth more than £120 IMHO... probably worth more like £250 (at least on ebay...)

Great price!

Looks like I'm too cheap :(

a bargain - looks v nice

If this had come up a few months ago I would have saved myself a fair few bob.

What a deal. I'd be on train to Reading to pick up now if it was a bit bigger.

What a deal. I'd be on train to Reading to pick up now if it was a bit bigger.

If it was a bit bigger I wouldn't be selling it !!!

I'd be straight in there with a £200 bid but it's just a little too small for me

bargain all over! i wish i was there!

perfect size too... well, maybe 56 would be perfect, but i'm riding a 54 and can't complain

pm'd

Even though I seem to have under-priced this I'm going to play fair and give Cheesecake_intl a chance to come through with the payment and collection in a reasonable timeframe. (It's cluttering up the kitchen so the missus wants it gone!!)

If that doesn't work out I'll contact the other people that have pm'd so consider this (bargain) SOLD.

Richard

seller should be commended for sticking with the original price

though I'd be a bit nervous picking up from somebody with 'rape' in their username:

"Yep, it's down here in the cellar. After you"

are the beans included? bit of a deal breaker

Updated the original post to correct the year of manufacture - 1984 not '92.

(I was trying to find out more info but Mercian want £10 for a frame search :( )

I assume that Cheescake_intl will still wants it !!!

are the beans included? bit of a deal breaker

I knew some "joker" would comment hence in the OP :-

"PS - Yes I'll include the beans if it helps sweaten the deal."

:)

Mercian ride coming up, people ...

Mercian ride coming up, people ...

Details?

hi-
would you be able to post the frame and bars/stem??
not to bothered about wheels?
i live in leicester-
is frame blue or balck? any dents?
accept £95??
cheers Carl

hi-
would you be able to post the frame and bars/stem??
not to bothered about wheels?
i live in leicester-
is frame blue or balck? any dents?
accept £95??
cheers Carl

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Suprisingly after beeing so keen Cheescake_intl has not yet got back in touch since dibbing to arrange payment and collection.

I'll give him a couple more hours tonight then contact the next person that pm'd.

Richard

PMing

why the stupid picture eh?
i thought £95 for the frame and crankset was a fair offer since you were asking
£120 for the whole bike-
shove the f...ing bike up your a..e

why the stupid picture eh?
i thought £95 for the frame and crankset was a fair offer since you were asking
£120 for the whole bike-
shove the f...ing bike up your a..e

How nice!

Maybe because you ignored all the dibs and pms and specifically missed post 13# where I say consider it SOLD?