Pro-Lugless

Thought you would like to have a look at this Lugless. Its built with Reynolds 853 oversize tubing . Light blue enamel with a white panel on the down tube and with the chrome crown I think it looks very nice indeed. Mainly built with Campagnolo equipment with Mercian built wheels.

Campagnolo

We have just had a delivery of Campagnolo 2009 spare parts catalogues.
They are 99p each please call the shop if you would like one. We only
have a few so be quick.

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Vincitore Lug Work

Just before this Vincitore goes into the spray shop I though you would like to see the craftmanship that goes into the lug work. These lugs have been cut by hand from blanks all the work has been done in our own workshop here in Derby.

Pro-Lugless

Just thought you would like a look at this Pro-Lugless in Pearl white with a leaf green pearl barbers pole and white transfers. Built with the Reynolds oversize 853 pro team tubing equipped with the Reynolds carbon forks and with a Chris King headset.

Mercian in computer game

Well we must have made it big time . Jop Wielens of Digital Outlook sent us this link to a game which can be played online. They have had over 500,000 hits on the site !!!. The Mercian is in fact his own bike. Thank you Jop

Thanks to Chris and Ryan from Ireland

Chris sent these pictures of the Mercian head crest he has had commissioned by his good friend Ryan, who is very gifted as you can see, the head crest is painted onto wood and looks the business! Ryan has in the past won the Northern Ireland TT 100 mile race. We certainly have talented friends and customers.

Magenta Flam

Another brighter finish our new Magenta Flam. As you will see by this very good picture ( cough ) that it has a very nice shine and depth and we think will become very popular. We are trying to get a few stock frames built so one will be in the shop soon in this colour to look at.

Hmmm Phil,s bike

What can I say. This bike will have a hard life this coming summer.

End to End

David sent me this picture of his end to end journey. As you can see by his smile he is very pleased with his epic ride as he should be. Well done David.

Twitter

Just a quick post here . I've just joined the twitter club. So see if
you can find me ? I'll message you back if you send me a message.
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Tim`s Bench

I have been told off by more than one of the lads here and customers for not updating the blog for a while so here you go. I have been very busy over the past week or so (horrid paperwork mainly) but slowly we are getting on top of it now. This is Tim`s bench I think he dodged the camera for this shot.

Nearly finished

This is a almost finished professional frame. As you can see from the picture the spear points have been welded to the shell first and then the tube will be brazed into the lug. This gives the frame strenght and stiffness around the shell. This frame was first build for our professional team we had in the earlier years.