Your explanation and diagram are crystal clear; thanks!

Now you have to redesign your avatar. :)

Hey Pixel .. Brill !

Just a friendly reminder that your bike ROCKS!

Just found this. That's a lovely looking bike Pixel. As for the seat post having an affinity with gravity. I think that is a feature of the clamp and the frame design of the Merc. The alloy takes a lot of compression force to get a good hold of the standard seat post for sure. I had that sinking feeling until I thoroughly degreased the post. Now, it takes a long long time to move even a millimeter.

Thanks for the comments - the bike was invaluable fun when I went over to NY for christmas. Biking in Manhattan - paths = excellent; Streets/Avenues. So many blimmin' trafficlights!

The post seems to have settled down now - I think I was maybe just not running the quick release tight enough...

Got any pics of your bike in N.Y? Great Job BTW!

Dave

Hey LP... I haven't had a chance to comment yet... but I LIKE! :love: :beer:

Found a way to plug those rim holes yet? My black tape dots are holding out remarkably well, none have come off yet.


But... I thought the frame was a Merc...?

Hey LP... I haven't had a chance to comment yet... but I LIKE! :love: :beer:

Found a way to plug those rim holes yet? My black tape dots are holding out remarkably well, none have come off yet.


But... I thought the frame was a Merc...?

It is a Merc but it's a Brompton™ design and I like silver decals!
I haven't plugged the rims yet but may well use electrician tape as those velocity plugs will stop stuff getting to the tyre, but not into the 'aero' section of the rim. A little blob of epoxy glue might be an idea too but definitely messier.

What did you do with the old back wheel Pixel (assuming that you bought a whole Merc and not just the frame). I am thinking of buyng a spare rear wheel with hub. I can get one from the supplier for £42 delivered, but if there was another new one lying around, unloved, I could do a deal on that perhaps. I aim to keep my bike running for ever, so I am amassing spares. One never knows whether a small supplier will continue in business. Actually, I could be persuaded to take on other spares if they were reasonably priced.

What did you do with the old back wheel Pixel (assuming that you bought a whole Merc and not just the frame). I am thinking of buyng a spare rear wheel with hub. I can get one from the supplier for £42 delivered, but if there was another new one lying around, unloved, I could do a deal on that perhaps. I aim to keep my bike running for ever, so I am amassing spares. One never knows whether a small supplier will continue in business. Actually, I could be persuaded to take on other spares if they were reasonably priced.

Hey EvilV - so sorry I never saw this post till now. Yes I have a bunch of parts;

The rear wheel was dissassembled I'm afraid though - originally I was going to use the stock rims so it got delaced before my mind turned to Velocity rims. But I have the rims, tubes, tyres, SA Hub and twist-grip parphenallia, though I think the cabling got canibalised.

Also have rack, bars, handlepost, cranks, rear triangle; pretty much everything you don't see on the bike really. I could just bundle them up for you and send them by parcelforce - PM me with whatever you think a fair offer would be - they're just sitting there for now and - as you say - it's always good to have spares so I'd be happy to see them go to a good home for not much more than the cost of the postage....

Hi Littlepixel,

Great Bike! I'm glad to hear you are enjoying it.

Regards, andy

P.S. It's great building up one of these little bikes, isn't it.:)

LP I clicked on all your links at the bottom of your forum signature. Great set of bikes, both technically and in terms of aesthetics. You could run a business doing mods lol! 8.8kg is perfect, what a light bike, perfect for flat urban terrain, especailyl if you are already quite fit.

Wanted to ask you aren't flying BA to NYC with this lovely bike I hope?!

That flight was around christmas last - and thankfully not through the dreaded BA terminal 5! It went Virgin on the way out and Air India on the way back and was happily unscathed both times...

Fit? Not really - I live near a big hill in Crouch End and it's sometimes enough to put me off riding being so near the start of a ride into town. Hope to get fitter though if I'm to amount to a hill of beans in the Smithfield Nocturne folding bike race in June...

P.S. It's great building up one of these little bikes, isn't it.:)
Totally - it took a while to get all the parts but I love it. I actually PMed you the other day asking about skinny Moulton mudguards like the ones you used to have on yours... I wondered if you had any leads on a stockist...?
Huw

Totally - it took a while to get all the parts but I love it. I actually PMed you the other day asking about skinny Moulton mudguards like the ones you used to have on yours... I wondered if you had any leads on a stockist...?
Huw

Hi Huw,

Sorry I missed that.:o
I think I got the Moulton mudguards from my normal place, as it is so close, which is Avon Valley Cyclery.
I don't think they advertise them on their website, but they can get them for you for around £20-£40.
The only thing I do remember is that the stays, for the 'guards, are from Inspired Cycle Engineering. Though they may do both the guards and the stays, if you ask them nicely.:)
I did that because the Moulton stays are next to useless, as they are not man enough to hold the Brompton once folded. I guess it's a bit much trying to ask them to do something they were not designed to do, though.;)

It was a stroke of luck that one part, from one manufacturer, fitted the parts from another.

Good luck, andy

heard the Ferrari badge being called the ....Dancing Donkey


I saw a tv show about a frame builder. He drilled rims, he had a metal band to put in the rim well. Just Drilled in the set holes in it

Flippin Sexy Bike Huw...