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v1nce 09-06-07 01:57 AM

Whaaat?! Dump a guy who has a Moulton made for you?! Sheez, she should have married him! Heck, I'd marry him! ;)

OldiesONfoldies 09-06-07 02:51 AM

It just brings me a lot of comfort to know that I'm not the only one who has this "Folder Accumulation Syndrome"... Going to get my 6th tmrw - none other than the whacky Pacific "Carry Me" for travelling on crowded buses/trains :)

OnF

EvilV 09-08-07 11:50 AM


Originally Posted by cyclistjohn (Post 5212175)
Hi EvilV. Where did you buy the mudguards?

I looked on the Sheeaune site, but saw none.

Thanks.

Hi John. I just emailed her an order and she told me the price. I neded a new gear changer widget because the cable was badly frayed. The whole changer and new cable was £6.75 or something like that. I didn't know you had a Merc.... or am I turning senile.

EvilV 09-08-07 11:54 AM


Originally Posted by invisiblehand (Post 5212568)
Nice. I guess you are going to swap out the drop bar for a flat bar.

Is it a separable?

-G

I've grown to like the drop bar well enough. I guess the change of bars would mean expensive brake and gear lever changes. All the parts on this thing are expensive Campy stuff. That's where the high price comes from, so I'll stick with it as it is. The stem is adjustable, so I have lifted it up and I find it quite comfortable now.

Yes, it's a seperable one. Comes apart quite nicely, but not as nicely as it rides. The suspension is a dream.

cyclistjohn 09-08-07 12:05 PM

No, EvilV, you're not going senile :-)

I haven't got a Merc, but I've been looking for mudguards for a 305, & a 406 wheel, for my recumbent which I'm riding regularly again now. I remembered you posting some good prices for Merc's tyres, etc., so thought they'd have mudguards listed.

Have you by chance got a picture of them, to give me an idea if they'd fit please?

maunakea 09-08-07 12:47 PM


Originally Posted by SesameCrunch (Post 5205118)
If you ever wander out to the San Francisco area, please let me know. I live along the ocean in Half Moon Bay, about 20 miles south of SF. Nice place, lots of nice riding here. Come and have a cup of tea!

SC, thanks for the invite. Likewise, if you ever get to the Islands, send me a PM. You'll like the Maunakea bike. Were I to live in the Bay Area, it would be in HMB. It's sort of like the North Shore of Oahu vs. the urban area on the other side of a mountain range.

spambait11 09-08-07 01:26 PM


Originally Posted by maunakea (Post 5232955)
Were I to live in the Bay Area, it would be in HMB. It's sort of like the North Shore of Oahu vs. the urban area on the other side of a mountain range.

+ dense fog
+ frigid ocean

:)

SesameCrunch 09-08-07 01:45 PM


Originally Posted by spambait11 (Post 5233112)
+ dense fog
+ frigid ocean

:)

Not after global warming arrives...:D

EvilV 09-08-07 02:13 PM


Originally Posted by cyclistjohn (Post 5232804)
No, EvilV, you're not going senile :-)

I haven't got a Merc, but I've been looking for mudguards for a 305, & a 406 wheel, for my recumbent which I'm riding regularly again now. I remembered you posting some good prices for Merc's tyres, etc., so thought they'd have mudguards listed.

Have you by chance got a picture of them, to give me an idea if they'd fit please?

Sorry john, I don't have any pictures over and above the merc pictures I've posted in the past. The spares are all up in the loft just now and I'm not going up there just now to photograph them. LOL - I know you aren't asking me too so don't be offended by that remark.

Anita's ebay shop has pictures but they aren't great and the ebay shop has a terrible picture of the front mudgaurd.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Front-mudguard...ayphotohosting


Here are some pictures of the merc with the mudguards visible. You know the wheel size so that might help. The front one has funny offset wire struts. They don't come down equally on both sides, and the rear one is held up at the rear on the rack. The front part of the rear one mounts to the frame so you would need to rig up your own wires somehow to mount it.

Pgotos here:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...8&postcount=68

cyclistjohn 09-09-07 11:50 AM


Originally Posted by EvilV (Post 5233303)
Anita's ebay shop has pictures but they aren't great and the ebay shop has a terrible picture of the front mudgaurd.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Front-mudguard...ayphotohosting


Here are some pictures of the merc with the mudguards visible. You know the wheel size so that might help. The front one has funny offset wire struts. They don't come down equally on both sides, and the rear one is held up at the rear on the rack. The front part of the rear one mounts to the frame so you would need to rig up your own wires somehow to mount it.

Pgotos here:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...8&postcount=68

Agreed on those pic's, EvilV - hardly worth her publishing them.

From your description, it maybe isn't a good option actually, so I'll keep looking. Zefal make some for "kid's bikes" so I'll see what they're like.

So is the Sheeaune site affiliated with Anita, or one & the same?

EvilV 09-09-07 12:31 PM


Originally Posted by cyclistjohn (Post 5237217)
Agreed on those pic's, EvilV - hardly worth her publishing them.

From your description, it maybe isn't a good option actually, so I'll keep looking. Zefal make some for "kid's bikes" so I'll see what they're like.

So is the Sheeaune site affiliated with Anita, or one & the same?

Its the same business. She and her husband run it I think john.

How are you doing?


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