After almost 80 years of crafting and designing bicycle frames, Mercian Cycles has ceased to trade and has appointed an agency to help with the process as the company enters voluntary liquidation.
Mercian frames were traditionally built using steel, originally Reynolds 531, though as of 2010, newer steels such as Reynolds 853 and Reynolds 953 and part-carbon construction were in use. Until the 1980s, the company operated out of its small shop in London Road, with the bikes being crafted in Castle Street, off London Road. The shop had developed the nickname of 'Crowbars' among the locals, a cheeky play on the last names of its two founders.In 1984, the Mercian shop moved to larger premises at Shardlow Road, Alvaston, where it continued to operate from until 2019, before relocating back to its manufacturing unit within Derby.
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