Handbuilt for the ride
Bespoke bikes, custom-built to your dimensions, custom-painted to your tastes. 1-of-1
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NEW - Ventura Allroad
A new model launched in September 2025, the Ventura Allroad is our new road/gravel hybrid. This versatile all-rounder excels as a fast road bike or an off-roader.
Heritage & Style
in Every Ride
Mercian is heritage, passion, and craftsmanship. It’s the comfort of a long ride, the admiring glance at the café stop. It’s tradition, dedication, and being part of something special. It’s as good as it gets.
About Us
Create Your Unique Mercian
Make it yours with our bike configurator.
Choose from a range of colours to create a frame that’s uniquely you. Experiment with paint options and visualise your perfect ride before it’s handcrafted by our team.
Lugged frame - COMING SOON.
Steel delivers comfort, durability, and sustainability in one timeless package. Its springy feel smooths out long rides, it can last a lifetime with simple care, and being 100% recyclable, it’s an eco-friendly choice that can be refurbished for years to come.
Bespoke Bikes,
80 Years in the Making
Following the second World War Messers Crowther & Barker founded Mercian and selected the beautiful City of Derby in the heart of England to hand build bespoke bicycles. Mercian isn’t just a local name to Derby however – our bikes have been exported all over the world, hence one of our traditional head crests states “Mercian Cycles, the world over"
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Acquisition of Mercian Cycles
Cycling is more than just the distance – it’s the experiences, challenges, and memories that make each ride special. Here’s a few of Mercian memories sent in by you.
2 min read • Posted March 23rd, 2026
We doff a very large cycling cap to Greg James, who finished his 8-day pan-UK challenge in Edinburgh on Friday raising over £4.5mln. What an incredible amount!
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3 min read • Posted February 20th, 2026
After six decades Mercian Cycles workshop has moved.
Through the years there were a number of locations in Derby for the shop, the frame building workshop and sprayshop. But since about 1965 the frame building and painting was taking place at the Pontefract Street workshop.
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2 min read • Posted February 18th, 2026
Cara Grimwade is soon to take on one of the most extreme ‘triathlons’ we have heard of.
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