Well a pretty driech day here today but I managed to get down to Brians and while the weather sort of dissuaded us from riding but we did make a car journey over to the other side of Inverness to pick up a bike, minus wheels that I had organised earlier in the week.
Perfect size, and complements my other King of Mercia nicely with this one being 653 like my tourer. This is road geometry King of Mercia and is due to be converted to 650b to allow slightly wider tyres. Besides it was a bargain as when I originally enquired about it, it was already a great price, and then the guy who was selling it said he needed the wheels for another project, I said that was fine as I wanted to try and convert to 650b and was there any adjustment on the price? He then almost halved what was a good deal anyway so I said I would take it. He held onto it until I was down at Brians and could go pick it up. When we got there it was far better condition than I was expecting so was well pleased.
I got home and dropped my other Mercian wheels in to see if there were any surprises and no, all was as smooth. So this will join the project Que.
It is 653 tubing, 21" square, two bottle cage with rack and mudgaurd fittings, 105 shifters, crank, derailleurs, with Miche brakes and levers and a nice Mercian stamped Tange headset. This was the guys fathers bike but was too small for him so was moving it on. He did know it was on the cheap side but wanted it gone and also to a good home if possible, so I will do my best.
Will strip it, deep clean it and regrease it next weekend hopefully. Then we will see where we are up to with components etc. I have new bar tape and a saddle put aside already for it.
I really like the colour and is what drew me to it, others not so much.
I really like the colour and is what drew me to it, others not so much.
After selling my other green road geometry King of Mercia I often regretted it and wished I had been able to hold on to it just to see about converting to 650b to allow a slightly wider tyre. So now I am lucky enough to be able to have another King of Mercia and also thankful it was a very good price which is what allowed me to do it.
Here are a few photos from when I got home Sunday night and dropped the wheels off my other Mercian in.
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