[CR] Pink Mercier Pix

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Avocet)

Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:16:13 -0700
From: "brad stockwell" <brdstockwell@yahoo.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: [CR] Pink Mercier Pix


Arno Volkers was asking about the quality of a pink Mercier, so while the topic has come up I have uploaded some scans of a nice example, from a book called something like the Guiness Book of Cycling.

The bike has some fancy stuff I've seen on other bikes, like drilled dropouts and brazed-in brake bolts.  It also has "Mercier" etched or formed or carved into the front derailleur cage.

The cable adjusters on the campy brakes have been replaced with aluminum ferrules; somewhere I have a photo of Zoetemelk's bike circa 1975 with this same treatment.

I think the book is about 1977-ish. The bike must be from about that time, it has top-tube brake cable braze-ons, and an aluminum cage and "Z" clips.

It's a looker!  Grant Handley sold one very similar to this one on Ebay back in 2001 or so, but it was too small for me -- I 56cm I think.

The link is below, I hope the server will shake-it-not-break-it:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/bc_stockwell_bikestuff/pink-mercier/

Think Pink!

Brad Stockwell
Palo Alto CA USA