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ourclarioncall:
No more Mercury 😮 wow that’s a surprise

Yeah I was recently on Surlys site and noticed all the many models now discontinued!

PH:

--- Quote from: brummie on December 15, 2021, 11:08:04 am ---Also worth considering post pandemic manufacturing in the Far East is in huge demand and even manufacturers like Surly have dramatically cut their range..

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I'm sure we've had this conversation elsewhere...
A company the size of Surly will have made those model decisions long before the pandemic, a couple of them were even rumoured before. Even so, if you compare their current range with what they had say five years ago, I'd expect there to have been a similar number of models.  I haven't counted, but it appears to me they've introduced as many as they've discontinued, what we're noticing is the overlap, in that the new models were introduced first.
As for the Mercury being discontinued, I'm a bit surprised, it must have been a good enough seller for it to have warranted the recent model update. I doubt many will consider the Audax as a suitable alternative, not least because it'll involve re-writing all the criticism of non specific frames Thorn have published over the years.

PH:
Nice looking bike BTW, far more saddle to bar drop than I could cope with, but if it suits...
Looks a fairly uncluttered light build, have you put it on the scales, for those interested in such things ;)

JohnR:

--- Quote from: brummie on December 13, 2021, 08:24:18 pm ---Luckily managed to purchase the last (ever?) 580L MK3 Mercury. 650b build to suit my preference for wider tyres. Andy B's comments in the brochures are pretty accurate. Rides well.

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You like your handlebars low! I'd need to have my eyes moved to the top of my head to be able to cycle in that position.


--- Quote from: PH on December 15, 2021, 02:38:57 pm ---As for the Mercury being discontinued, I'm a bit surprised, it must have been a good enough seller for it to have warranted the recent model update. I doubt many will consider the Audax as a suitable alternative, not least because it'll involve re-writing all the criticism of non specific frames Thorn have published over the years.

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I'm also surprised if the Mercury is being discontinued. It has its position in the line-up as a lighter tourer able to take biggish tyres with mudguards. The Audax might be Rohloff-capable (although I'm not convinced that an M5 bolt has a lot of factor of safety against shear under the worst loading case) and would need a chain tensioner but the real drawback of the Audax is the max 32mm tyres if using mudguards and 35mm without. It would be more plausible if Robin meant there won't be any more Mercury frames arriving for another year.

JohnR:
When in doubt check with the source so I asked Robin about the future of the Mercury and he replied "Probably paused pending getting new frames, no final decision yet".

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