Recent content by LondonClassic

Original fitment on a folder I bought. Neither micklin nor mucklin ie meh, functional. Swapped out for Deore Vs in the end.

@bhill22 I would just find space for this, any space and wait things out for sunnier days. I just wouldnt let this go for £195, its a travesty and an insult to you and the builders at Mercian

Seems gone already.

I get it @marshalllucky . My first racer was a 1983 Pug Premiere in pearlescent white. It was the time when I started reading Cycling weekly and as most of that bar the cover was B&W then, the team Pug bikes ridden by the Anglos (Millar, Roche, Anderson,Yatesy, Piper) looked great even in grainy...

For now certainly. If you needed a 122mm Stronglight ISO taper 68mm BB your options are ebay, bikejumbles or here. The last two options require a massive stroke of luck. The way things are going - including @Betsy s point on fake stuff - points to an implosion of ebay at some point. Then its up...

Involuntary bidding battles and people paying more than they can afford is bread and butter for the auction industry. I worked for two years on the trad auction side (a well known trad auctions website) and saw a few things that made me want to get out. The use of 'house accounts' to...

https://ebay.us/m/LV5uHY

Agree. I tend to think if the seller really though these had the value asked, they would have gone into far more detail and tried to sell individually. Instead they've taken the strange path of job-lotting them but seems they will sell individually. I was once thinking of bringing in van loads...

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1458239805788247 Collection is listed at £6000 - which is £352.94 per bike....strong money at the moment. Negotiation sounds possible but the seller states collection only. List of makes and sizes from facebook: Diavolo Rosso 57 Castellini - 56...

Listing mentions 'Roberts 531 frame'. Do they mean Reynolds or Roberts I wonder? Would have expected some panto somwhere if Roberts.

Wow. If only it wasn't in Cornwall. Needs saving.

For a brief period when Mercian's future was up for grabs, Mercian frame decals cropped up on ebay. I know they are exceptionally strict on even selling them to a Mercian owner for their own DIY work as they're worried about adding fake Mercians to the world. They seem to rigourously police...

Got a Strada in the shed I was thinking of getting reprayed with a barber pole, contrast head tube and new decals....the options were totting up to near £500. Its top quality work - and Argos are near the same money. I can't help thinking this new jacked up Mercian era has bounced into one of...

Yeah, website is a lot better, though I noticed some typos Configurator is pretty good, my only grumble is it must be considerably more to build a disc ready frame and the base price for the KOM and Vincitore is the disc model....shouldnt you expect to pay less for a rim braked frame? In the...

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