Howdy,
I picked up a frame today off of Craigslist. Looked interesting lugged with canti bosses no eyelets.. 20 bucks.. The paint is in gross condition, somebody started stripping and stopped halfway through. There are remnants of Mercian decals all over the bike (headtube,seattube.downtube). It has diamond shaped cut outs in the lugs, italian concave seat stays looking.. On one of the paint levels i found a remnant of Tange tubing sticker.. the fork steer says Tange.. The dropouts are Suntour GS. The serial number is also odd.. 378033... All of which does not seem to point to any Mercian I researched this afternoon..
here are few pics...
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/
if anybody has a ideas.. i would be thankful .. thanks
Tod Kapke
Denver