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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! 

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.

Cara Grimwade is soon to take on one of the most extreme ‘triathlons’ we have heard of.

Mercian is proud to play its part in Greg James’ upcoming awesome challenge for Comic Relief. 

Framebuilder Tim took the chance to head out on the Ventura All-road bike to go and pick up some dropouts from Bear Frame Supplies. An ideal opportunity to capture some video of the custom steel Ventura out on the gravel trails of the Derbyshire Peak District.

The most personal and hardest choice when buying your custom built Mercian bike frame is choosing which colours to have it painted

Congrats to Dave Round (and the rest of the Paris2Nice crew!) who recently finished the Paris2Nice charity ride.

Launched to celebrate 80 years of Mercian, the Ventura Allroad is a sleek, steel all-rounder built for road and gravel. One bike. Endless adventures.

Mercian has been hand-building steel bikes in Derby since 1946. Staff-owned and proud of our 80-year legacy, we remain dedicated to crafting one-off bikes the traditional way – by hand, for life.

To celebrate Derby County’s 50th anniversary title win – and Mercian’s 80th – we built a one-off Superlight road bike, raising nearly £4,000 for the Derby County Community Trust. A true Derby icon, made in Derby.

To help mark our 80th year, we’re proudly supporting British para-cyclist Calum O’Neill on his journey to LA 2028 with a custom-built Mercian trike.

Dave’s custom Ventura Allroad – built for his Paris-to-Nice charity ride and dedicated to his son, Conor – has already raised over €21,000 for mental health charity Aware.

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to you and your team. I've put it all together and been out on it this weekend - it's perfect. Handles beautifully: responsive but not twitchy, and still reassuringly stable on down hills. Really really nice!

Dear Mercian-Team,

hello,

Hi there, I am the owner of a 1977 vintage Mercian (see attached photo) which was renovated by you a couple of years ago. As the frame is 40 years old this year and a great testament to the quality of Mercian frames.

Thank you James who recently sent us this picture of his new Mercian bike.

Bob from Iowa had the green Mercian and this was mine, all laid out the evening before. Both Mercian’s proudly crossed the finish line in style!

A shot of Marcus bike just before the maiden voyage.

Hi

Robert seems a happy chap. The Vincitore is now in the United states and ready for the build.

This is Usk, about 12 miles from Newport,Gwent, where I live. Its a lovely spot where you can sit by the river and rest your legs for a while.  People often stop to admire the Mercian when they walk by. This 1980 bike has just been fitted with a new Stronglight chain set, chain and sprockets,