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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[DJuice]

Great read, thanks for the effort. Awesome looking bikes!!

[ChrisF]

Superb article 

 

 

I see he also referenced the Hub: "It’s like this massive, huge dysfunctional family." 

[Dan Dob]

Dave\'s piece of shit-classic! That thing is truly the perfect Cape Town Trail bike...

[Lance Branquinho]

Uncanny, how great skill correlates with great humility.

One of the much better people you'll encounter in the cycling community. 

[Kixx]

Fascinating read. Loved all the bikes. \'Dysfunctional family...\' ha ha that\'s spot on!

[Shebeen]

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.

[BuffsVintageBikes]

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 🤤

[splat]

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/

[splat]

My Grubby Grivet
Working with Dave was a great experience and made me enjoy my bike even more.

Edit: That's a powder coat, not Jared's wizardry
 

Edited February 21, 2023 by splat

[BuffsVintageBikes]

56 minutes ago, splat said:

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

It was indeed but those photos on IG don't do that colour justice at all, it needs to be seen in the light of day to appreciate what that blue pearl does 🤙

Yours looks smashing as well... Yoh 🤤

[PregoRoll]

Davids POS kinda looks like a Cotic

[betaboy]

That colour is proper smart. Nice.

[nonky]

Great article, thanks