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Eroica South Africa Interviews: David Mercer and the Gravel Bike


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To introduce Eroica’s answer to gravel bike racing – the NOVA Eroica – Stan Engelbrecht, from Eroica South Africa, sat down with Cape Town frame builder, David Mercer to discuss how he saw the evolution of the gravel bike progress in the South African cycling context. And whether a gravel bike is the perfect bike […]

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I popped in to Mercer HQ to talk crap about bikes the other day, Stan\'s actual bike was in pieces (getting that disc upgrade). The workshop is one of places that you feel stories rolling out of the walls. Dave is such a mensch, a colourful and treasured part of the dysfunctional family.
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Great article on a 1st class human with mad skills. I was in his workshop last week with a few steel project bikes of mine that need sharpening up and I got to see a new Grubby Grivet gravel bike that he just finished up. Holy Smokes, it's a thing of utter beauty and finished off with the most amazing grey colour scheme with a blue pearl overlay done by Jared at BMC. I think he needed to wipe it down once I left 🤤

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1 hour ago, BuffsVintageBikes said:

Great article on a 1st class human with mad skills. I was in his workshop last week with a few steel project bikes of mine that need sharpening up and I got to see a new Grubby Grivet gravel bike that he just finished up. Holy Smokes, it's a thing of utter beauty and finished off with the most amazing grey colour scheme with a blue pearl overlay done by Jared at BMC. I think he needed to wipe it down once I left 🤤

Was it this bike ?
https://www.instagram.com/p/Co4bRgiKxQR/

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