Ah the "pink" bicycle,next to my Bianchi,and the lovely DeRosa that just went for 7 odd thousand.One bike I truly admire,but probably will never own.Is the pink Mercier
"team" bikes like "Pou-Pou" rode to fame.
I have a book with very good pictures of a fine example of a mid 70's pink Mercier"team"bike.Titled;"The Guinness Guide to Bicycling". The english version of the book was copyrighted in 1977 by "Guinness Superlatives Limited",written by J Durry,and edited by JB Wadley.
To me this pink bike has "it",much the same as Gimondi's Bianchi has "it".
I think it is called "charisma" and both the French and Italian,and Italian-French bikes have"it".The top Japanese bikes in certain "flavors" have"it" too.
Just my humble opinion.
Good evening/day,Harris Spracher
Waynesboro,Va.