Michael Butler pariscycles@yahoo.co.uk wrote on: Thursday, November 21, 2002 12:41 PM P.S.T. <snip>
I didn't want to name names but I have owned, raced and toured on three Mercians both solo's were horrid but the Tandem was and still is superb. There should have been nothing wrong with them both had Nervex lugs and 531DB tubes but they were real dogs. Just dead as a Dodo. Has anybody else had similar experiences?
Mick,
In 1969 I had a very beautiful new 531DB bike with Nervex Lugs that felt dead to me. My Mercian KOM with 531 DB and Nervex Lugs feels great. I'm sure that others have had wonderful experiences on the same marque with which I had a dull experience. I think the issue we are addressing here is consistency of frame builds.
Regards,
Jim Narlesky
San Jose, CA