While I've had this bike a little while now, and made some minor changes here and there, I think I scored the perfect 'finishing touch' for the Mercian recently here on the C&V 'For Sale' sub-forum.

@rootboy hooked me up with a 1984 Brooks Professional with the big copper rivets a few weeks back; $84 got me an '84 Pro...for the '84 Pro.

Too perfect.

Took the bike out for a nice 90-minute afternoon ride here in East Vancouver (stops at Portside Park and Trout Lake/John Hendry Park).

Maybe the rails on this one allow an extra couple of mm of setback on the SR post relative to the recent-production steel rivet Pro that was on there before (I think this is the case), or maybe the just-right level of 'break-in' on this saddle has a role to play (probably also true), but I'm happy to report that the new saddle genuinely makes this bike feel just a little more 'right' in terms of fit and comfort.

Obligatory pics to show off the new-to-me (and very 'period-correct') Brooks on its date-matched perch:
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