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Epic stuff it's already gone way past my budget and 7 days to go !
Epic stuff it's already gone way past my budget and 7 days to go !
Mercian 531 MTB
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£670 already and climbing ....
£670 already and climbing ....
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Amazing, didn't think it would get anywhere near that, and still days to go!
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Spoke to Kevin this morning and he thinks it is very early and based on a road frame and forks going by the clearances
531 off road tubeset but built like a roadie
Spoke to Kevin this morning and he thinks it is very early and based on a road frame and forks going by the clearances
531 off road tubeset but built like a roadie
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The were kind of ALL built 'roadie' style back then because there weren't a lot of tube sets available and more importantly, even less lugs & drop-outs to chose from - unless you manufactured your own.
I have a similar era MTB which is actually built from road tubing and a just as competent builder as anyone from Mercian (they even share some of the styling ques) but because its not a fashionable name, its worth about 50p.
Heres how you did 'custom' in the UK in 1986!
Some, a well known 'some' were a bit ahead of their time
'road' tubing on an MTB? Silly sods..
Danson67's very early Pioneer shares a bit with the ole' Mercian (especially the fork crown) but differs wildly on the approach to handling
And heres how you did bog standard in 1987 with some awkward consiquences:
Too steep a head angle lead to twitchy steering with the seat tube way to slack - this bike was wrong from the start
I have a similar era MTB which is actually built from road tubing and a just as competent builder as anyone from Mercian (they even share some of the styling ques) but because its not a fashionable name, its worth about 50p.
Heres how you did 'custom' in the UK in 1986!
Some, a well known 'some' were a bit ahead of their time
'road' tubing on an MTB? Silly sods..
Danson67's very early Pioneer shares a bit with the ole' Mercian (especially the fork crown) but differs wildly on the approach to handling
And heres how you did bog standard in 1987 with some awkward consiquences:
Too steep a head angle lead to twitchy steering with the seat tube way to slack - this bike was wrong from the start
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Heres an Overbury's roadie from Daddy Pig with the same rear drop-outs as the greeny/ Mercian
That's my bike! It is indeed early. Was built in 1984 for a chap in Dundee. It's built with 531 All Terrain tubing and has the widest fork crown you've ever seen! It's not really based on a road or touring frame but it's really early in the mountain bike's evolution so geometry is a bit cookie just like the very first Stumpjumpers which appeared for the first time in Britain in 83/84 too.
The Shimano Deer Head stuff's all date coded 1983, the Mercian transfers are still on the rims etc. It is indeed a lovely thing!
The Shimano Deer Head stuff's all date coded 1983, the Mercian transfers are still on the rims etc. It is indeed a lovely thing!
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