very nice.
sorry to highjack, but does anyone know where the frame number is on a mercian? when i bought my frame i was told it was a mercian, but as i have never found any evidence of maker/number anywhere on the bike i doubt it is.
i don't think its really necessary for touring though. I managed to cycle to Istanbul (geared) without any guide books or GPS - just bought a map in each country (and the bulgarian one was in cyrillic script). got lost a lot but thats part of the fun.
not a chaintug