1989 Mercian Mountain Bike

[xxnick1975]

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Tell Kevin he needs to remove the toe clips, bell and saddle bag, fit some Amber walls, change the stem to silver to match the seat post, then get in botm!

 

[Rod_Saetan]

Bad. Ass.

 

[Ollie]

Very tasty! Looking forward to the build thread! Great that you found the owner of the matching bike .

 

[captaincosmic]

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Latest news....still waiting on BB, Chainset, Cables, Pedals, Seatpost
I took the Nos Beta rims (spikes) and Nos Centaur Hubs (Passiflora)
into Mercians yesterday for building up, I asked if they had any of their
older rim stickers but sadly none left which is a shame as the new foil
ones are not as nice. so I opted for none.
I have also put up most of the Campag bits not required for sale as
whilst they are good enough for a rider this one is a bit special and is
worth going the extra mile for.

 

[captaincosmic]

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New pics soon....
Campagnolo bundle now arrived
Wheels ready any day soon
getting excited now......

 

[xxnick1975]

This is going to be incredible!

 

[Giom6]

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New pics soon....
Campagnolo bundle now arrived
Wheels ready any day soon
getting excited now......

How you going collecting all the parts mate?
Do you think you'll get it ready for the 16th?

I had a good chat with Kevin yesterday

 

[sinnerman]

I have just wet myself....

 

[sinnerman]

Very Pleased to see this being rebuilt and carefully too...., and SOOO nice to see the sister bike...

 

[captaincosmic]

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Oh boy ...where to start

Picked up the wheels today from Mercian had a lovely chat with the wheelbuilder who referred to them as `little wheels` said he was familiar with the rims and showed me some grey ano Mavics of a similarly ludicrous width said he used them back in the day for building up small framesets !

This weekend will be a rush
meeting up with Kevin in Birmingham in the morning to pick u Nos rear front mechs crank bolts dust caps Campy BB and a boxed Turbo saddle !

I will take pics along the way and will have this old girl built up by Sunday