Mercian Olympic 1970

a truly lovely project.
and a good read, reminds me of customfighters.com build of the month threads.
you going for cloth bar tape or a less correct, but more comfy one?

why was?

had a small crash, put my head through a cars' boot and got scared that I was going to break it or something so sold it.
It had a few guises but mostly looked like this
http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y251/sumo89/?action=view&current=002-5.jpg
(looked much better with the rear wheel pulled forward)

Martin, you read my mind, it's black cloth or brown brooks.

veering towards the latter....i have some kicking about

what u reckon?

if you got some, then Id defo use it. if it is saddle-brown, then can't go wrong with this combo!

^^^ a Superlight? did you feel it wanted you dead?

That's Joe Pesci

Hilly Ben....what you are feeling are tacks (yes tacks) used to hold the frame together while it is brazed.

Cloth Cloth Cloth

With shellac

I've just been fitting my kid's tagalong to my Olympic '76.... turning into a work horse ... eek.

Is the tagalong a Mercian too?

Very nice, looking forward to seeing this up and running. Getting a kick out of 'Pistaresistance' too - that's Pia's shop?

Ben - yeah a superlight, good eyes. Don't see many of them around.

Current project section has just gotten a thousand time better, I loved it!

^^If i could choose a model it would be Superlight tarck. I'm starting a little fund for when this controversial beastmaster resurfaces
http://www.hilarystone.com/images/sale%20images/bikes/Mercian-Superlight-ex-Crowther.jpg

TS - She has named it so. Roadie though she blatantly is.
Skully- I bow
Innanzi - thanks was slightly worried it was a repair job

hows the suntour mech Ed?

Hasn't installed it yet, still trying to adjust that goddamn mudguard of mine before installing the mech;

cloths bar tape for the win, Newbaum have some nice shade you may like;

sticking a finger down the chainstay i met what feels like a nail sticking up, there's one in the other stay and one in the headtube too

in the red circle with grease on it

never seen these before?

I've noticed these before in a couple of frames... I have no idea why they're there, perhaps someone can enlighten us?

^x11 :)

Is it the remnants of pinning, to hold the parts together before brazing?

Richard Sachs lust

One of the inside:

This^ sounds like it. I've got some pin ends very evident inside a frame or two, can't remember which.

Ben the colour's nice! A great find.

@upstart Not Mercian, a Dave Yates...

Hilly Ben....what you are feeling are tacks (yes tacks) used to hold the frame together while it is brazed.

I've noticed these before in a couple of frames... I have no idea why they're there, perhaps someone can enlighten us?

Is it the remnants of pinning, to hold the parts together before brazing?

Well we got there in the end!

Hah. I missed that post. Sorry, Innanzi.