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they make a lovely rattling noise as you ride

Hmmm, I musta installed them wrong...they're not rattling ;)

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Originally Posted by southpawboston (Post 13409165)

I can fix that by taking it off your hands :).

i believe you'd be second in line, but if you were serious and I decide it's time to part ways with it and the first person isnt interested anymore I will let you know :)

Southpaw,
I think the green and cream paint job on your Mercian is the prettiest combination ever. I'd like to have my Raleigh Grand Sports redone in that scheme. The black fenders, I think, muddy the contrast between the two frame colors and give the eye to much to do. I'd go for white or aluminum before black.

Bluemels on my wife's mixte

http://gallery.me.com/aaronshort1/10...12840372090001

Doesn't show the nice silver stripe down the center of the fenders...

Nice set of lightweights that came on my 1974 Raleigh Gran Sport.http://www.thejennifers.com/74GS/p1000103a.jpg
http://www.thejennifers.com/74GS/p1000100a.jpg

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Originally Posted by jeirvine (Post 13865742)

Nice set of lightweights that came on my 1974 Raleigh Gran Sport.http://www.thejennifers.com/74GS/p1000103a.jpg
http://www.thejennifers.com/74GS/p1000100a.jpg

That's probably one of my favorite frame color + fender combos ever. mkeller has a very similar setup.

Here's a refresher pic of my Mercian, with the black Bluemels Club Specials:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6...a85ea9c7_b.jpg

I had to remove the original white mudflap because it had been installed wrong from the factory (riveted at a crooked angle) and was constantly rubbing the tire. I didn't want to remove the original rivets, so I cut it off and replaced it with a Planet Bike molded mudflap. Modern, but somehow I really like it:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6...33db5dfd_b.jpg

Supplied free from Alex Moll, a nice used set of Club Specials with Star Wars Red Wing X-Wing squadron markings ;)

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6055/6...678c7e80_b.jpg

DD

Bluemels Club Specials om my Dawes Atlantis:

[IMG]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3039/2...96de943c39.jpg
NOS Bluemels mudguards I came across in a shop in Tokyo by Dawes-man, on Flickr[/IMG]

More Club Specials on my Peugeot:

[IMG]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3188/2...33fb920560.jpg
Peugeot PX60 by Dawes-man, on Flickr[/IMG]

Not Bluemels but very nice... Bantels on my Hetchins:

[IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7204/6...5628c031b3.jpg
IMG_1578 by Dawes-man, on Flickr[/IMG]

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Originally Posted by Drillium Dude (Post 13866655)

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6055/6...678c7e80_b.jpg

That is a beautiful color scheme!!!

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Originally Posted by Dawes-man (Post 13867192)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3188/2...33fb920560.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7204/6...5628c031b3.jpg

Simply gorgeous, Dawes-Man.

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Originally Posted by southpawboston (Post 13866155)

That's probably one of my favorite frame color + fender combos ever. mkeller has a very similar setup.

Agreed. That bike is just- I don't know how else to say it- seductive. It calls and promises. In a bike-y sense o'course. : )

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Originally Posted by southpawboston (Post 13406792)

Installed my first set of Bluemels this week, on my recently acquired Mercian. These are the narrow Club Specials, which work well for tires up to 30mm wide. Man, that shoddy quality control so quintessential to British cars applies equally well here! These were most definitely made after one too many pints, as the mudflap was riveted to the fender at a sharply crooked angle, requiring me to trim off a significant chunk of it to make it symmetrical. Otherwise, I like them! They're super light, lighter than modern SKS chromoplastics, and possibly as light as aluminum Honjos. And coverage is pretty good, especially in front. Anyway, I wanted white Bluemels to match the Mercian's accents, but after a few weeks of no luck sourcing them, I went with black. What do you think? Keep the black or hold out for white?

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/...8b2be363_b.jpg

And while we're at it, show off your Bluemels in all their flavors!

Is it too girly of me to suggest that that bike deserves both? I kind of like black for winter and white for spring! But if I had to choose, I'd say the white strikes me as the choice if you want to be consistent in your signature aesthetic, black if you want to branch out with something less whimsical.

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Originally Posted by southpawboston (Post 13866171)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6...a85ea9c7_b.jpg

Do you have a red seatpost bolt on this bike or something?

Wonderful use of color. Very tasteful red accents.