There must be a cutoff point for everyone for every activity, differing for every cyclist. 

A cult, eh? Maybe cycling is an occult activity!

Good luck.

Ah. See it so.
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I seem to have reached the maximum of ‘n’ (as defined by my wife) so now its one in, one out.

OI/OO as the new n+1? Oh, the tragedy! (...especially as a premium on space means with 15 in my fleet, any new bike will be OI/OO for me as well!)

Best of luck on the sale, Dan.

I hope you get a decent price, I thought the BIN was a bargain.  You must have ticked every options box, it isn't often I see a Mercury and consider it better spec than my own!

Following with interest, though I've no intention (Or funds) to be looking for another bike.  Be interesting to see how much of the tube manipulation has carried over and how much difference any that hasn't makes. I've speculated in the past that some of it looked to be on the indulgent side, but it rides so nice I don't really care.
I note Thorn have updated their website. this isn't on there yet, but the Audax and Club Tour models are absent.  Looks like they're pruning back to two solo frames, then using the build options to widen the range.  I've always considered my Mercury to be quite a niche machine, be interesting to see if the new model widens that, and if anything is lost in doing so. At one time the range of Thorn bikes was a bit overwhelming, I seem to recall 7 or 8 solo models on offer at the same time, with very little difference between some of them.  Is two going too far the other way?  A great business move if not, time will tell.