Mercian Super Bi-laminated 1950
Owned by: John Crump
| Frame |
1950 Mercian Super Bi-laminated, frame no.22150
Nervex lugs #614649022 F38 With long tangs. All correct transfers, was
refinished by Mercian in original colours. Seat tube 21" centre to top.
Has mudguard eyes and rear brake bridge drilled for brake,
track ends, no pump pegs, grease nipple on top of bottom bracket, round
fork blades. |
| Wheels |
Dunlop special lightweight chrome 27" rims on 40x
32 Airlite large flange hubs. Rear double-sided fixed with 15
and 19 tooth cogs. 27x1¼" Dunlop sports tyres. |
| Chainset | Chater-Lea 6½" fluted cranks with 46t
Chater-Lea ring with Coventry ½ x 1/8 chain |
| Pedals | Brampton B8 with Binda red straps |
| Gears | Single-speed fixed |
| Brakes | GB Hiduminium lever on left side of bars and
Hiduminium caliper |
| Stem/Bars | GB Chrome 531 100mm stem with 7/8" dia alloy
Reynolds Binda bars |
| Saddle | Brooks B37 |
| Extra details | Black pump
with band-on pump pegs.This bike could be possibly the oldest Mercian
in the USA ridden daily |
The C1950 Mercian Catalogue, page4 shows. Super Bi-laminated frame for £19-19-00. The Frame is for the connoisseur, bi-laminated on all lugs with 3" extensions under all tubes, built to customers own specification. This bike in 2006 won 'The Best British Bike' at LeCirque in Greensboro, I did also show it with sprints and tubs on the Cyclo carriers.
Head showing Nervex Professional lugs with bi-laminated extended tangs below the tubes
GB stem and Binda bars
Seat cluster and Brooks B37 saddle
John's Mercian fitted with sprints as done in the 50's. Sprint wheels on alloy carriers with extra strap for security.
On arriving at race event the saddlebag and mudguards came off and the sprints replaced the 'pressures'.
After the event the procedure was reversed and the set-up was often ridden for an extra hundred miles or so on a club run.
John's Mercian in its latest guise with wood sprints fitted September 2011