Originally Posted by
bulldog1935
I was with my buddy on my Moser at a bike stop and he was on his Mercian. I guy came over and started talking to me about my bike, but when saw my buddy's Merc, I was suddenly a leper.
We special ordered and directly imported Mercian for discriminating customers for well over a decade when Paramount production was a shambles pre-Waterford, Italian racing frames of dubious quality were filling the pipeline and Carlton/Raleigh had no follow-up to the International for experienced club cyclists looking for a top quality all-rounder back when.
Fortunately nothing has changed at Mercian as far as I can tell, that's a Good Thing.
Now, back to old Raleigh bashing/worship/indifference.
-Bandera