News bot Posted February 20, 2023 Share 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 […]View full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJuice Posted February 20, 2023 Share Great read, thanks for the effort. Awesome looking bikes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted February 20, 2023 Share Superb article I see he also referenced the Hub: "It’s like this massive, huge dysfunctional family." NickGM and BuffsVintageBikes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dob Posted February 20, 2023 Share Dave\'s piece of shit-classic! That thing is truly the perfect Cape Town Trail bike... ChrisF and BuffsVintageBikes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Branquinho Posted February 20, 2023 Share Uncanny, how great skill correlates with great humility. One of the much better people you'll encounter in the cycling community. ChrisF, Dan Dob, splat and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kixx Posted February 21, 2023 Share Fascinating read. Loved all the bikes. \'Dysfunctional family...\' ha ha that\'s spot on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted February 21, 2023 Share 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. splat, nonky and BuffsVintageBikes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffsVintageBikes Posted February 21, 2023 Share 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 🤤 nonky and Rowl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted February 21, 2023 Share 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted February 21, 2023 Share 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 betaboy, Beattbox, DJR and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffsVintageBikes Posted February 21, 2023 Share 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 🤤 splat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PregoRoll Posted February 21, 2023 Share Davids POS kinda looks like a Cotic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betaboy Posted February 21, 2023 Share That colour is proper smart. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonky Posted February 22, 2023 Share Great article, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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