As an owner of 3 Mercians, and a huge fan of their bikes -- I have to say that Raffaele's Mercian Track listed below is absolutely gorgeous. But I have one question that is puzzling me -- am I just losing my mind, or does that bike have the LEFT chainstay chromed but NOT the RIGHT chainstay? And is the cog on the Left, also (wouldn't be odd if it were a flip flop hub, but I can't see a cog on the right side)?
My first thought was the picture got flipped -- but the Mercian name on the bike would be a giveaway if that were the case. So is there a reason the bike would be set up for Left-side-drive?
Kyle Brooks Akron, Ohio
-----Original Message-----
>From: Raffaele Giordano <raf.gio@gmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 29, 2007 5:00 AM
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: [CR]Not every "M" cut out belongs to a Masi
>
>Sure it doesn't. I had mercian do me a custom M on my recently made
>track frame of theirs :)
>http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/377874826_b50502dcf0_o.jpg
>
>Cheers
>Raffaele
>Stockholm, Sweden
>
>On 29/10/2007, Feeken, Dirk <dirk.feeken@sap.com> wrote:
>> That there are other 1970s Frames with an M cut out under the BB was new
>> to me:
>> http://cgi.ebay.de/
>>
>> It's obviously not a rebadged Masi, but a Moser of the "non-Francesco"
>> brand. Too bad the seller has parted the bike with lots of panto'ed
>> parts out.
>>
>> Dirk
>>
>> -
>>
>> Dirk Feeken
>> Heidelberg
>> Germany