1989 Mercian Mountain Bike

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Ok so busy day today. I popped over to see Kevin in his workshop over in Birmingham ,it was time well spent as he had his bike there and I was able to check it over for build tips. I saw he is using Zark rims which are very similar and narrow but a bit deeper on the brake surface than mine.
I picked up a NOS Turbo saddle a Euclid bottom bracket which is quite trick as it is hollow and grease can be gunned down the axle by removing a crank bolt,the grease then escapes via a hole in the middle of the axle.
Kevin did me a massive favour here as this is a proper old school 125mm axle and I would have struggled to find one.
I also collected NOS front & rear derailleurs crank caps.
Meanwhile my better half was wandering around Selfridges with her friend and I met them for lunch and some more card bashing ! fairs fair :D
Got back and started on the build rim taped the new wheels and screwed ...yes screwed on the block oldschool remember :lol:
dry fitted the BB for size then greased her up with RC7 and refitted it.
I also fitted the 3ttt stem and bars ,these are identical to the sister bike with the exception that the bars on Kevs are black and mine are silver , I thought to match the seatpost.
Tyres and tubes fitted then cranks dry fitted and enough for tonight as its Beer o`clock.
Cheeky last shot from the window of the study as I type ..........TBC
 

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really starting to come together now

very minor comment but I think a silver stem would look better if you are going with silver bars and seat post
 
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Nick I know what you mean but I am staying faithful to the original build and besides there aren many silver roller stems out there from the late eighties. Maybe Salsa or Ritchey but the good folks at Mercian would have gone Italian with 3ttt or Cinelli.
 
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Latest progress ..time for a coffee...
 

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Just listening to a little streetsounds electro which compliments the build nicely
listen on Hashmoder blog
 

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All finished now , the old girl is reborn gears and brakes all set up
a few more garden shots then off for test ride and photos down at the rocks.
 

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