Vincitore & Vincitore Special

In this age of speed of manufacture it is pleasing to find a frame with intricate lug work, cut by hand, as our Vincitore model.

Filing a Vincitore bottom head lug

The Vincitore and Vincitore Special, introduced to the Mercian range around 1965, has for many years been the model that lots of riders aspire to own when they are looking to purchase that "special" frame. If you are looking for a frame that is distinctive, beautiful, hand-built (as all our frames) by one craftsman from start to finish, which is perfectly at home on day rides or on touring holidays - this could be the frame for you.

Hours are spent cutting and filing the Vincitore lugs from plain / blanks, the result is a work-of-art, aesthetically pleasing and structurally more rigid owing to the longer lugs. A distinctive frame available only from Mercian.

As with most Mercian frames - the Vincitore model can be built to suit most disciplines - from track, audax to full-on touring.

The Vincitore standard model has the spearpoint head lugs, fork crown and hand-cut seat lug, with a hand-cut bottom bracket but without the long profiled spearpoints of the Vincitore Special (pictured).

The Vincitore Special pictured is sprayed in Gunmetal Grey Polychromatic main finish, with Silver Polychromatic head tube and whole seat tube, with 6 x 1/2" bands in Gunmetal Grey on the seat tube. Lug lining in Silver with Silver Gothic style Mercian transfers. The frame pictured is standard specification Vincitore Special with only the extra bands on the seat tube as an upgrade on the standard specificiation. Headset and fitting not included in the frame price.

Tubing options

• Reynolds 631
• Reynolds 725
• Reynolds 853
• Reynolds 853 Pro-Team
• Not available in oversize tubing

Braze-ons

• Forged dropouts with mudguard eyes
• Brake bridge , Mudguard bridge and fork crown tapped 5mm for easy mudguard fitment
• Lever bosses on the down tube
• Tapped bottom bracket for bolt on gear cable tunnel and a chain stay stop
• Brake cable stop/guides on lower left hand side of top tube
• Bottle cage bosses on the down tube
• Additional braze ons as our renovation list

Finish

• Any colour of your choice with contrasting head and seat tube panel
• Lugs lined and Mercian and Reynolds transfers
• Additional bands or barbers pole extra.

Vincitore Special Prices

You can spec, price, choose the colours and order your Vincitore or Vincitore Special on our Online Framebuilder.

• 631 tubing £1,215 + VAT
• 725 tubing £1,305 + VAT
• 853 tubing £1,395 + VAT
• 853 Pro Team £1,435 + VAT

Vincitore Prices

You can spec, price, choose the colours and order your Vincitore or Vincitore Special on our Online Framebuilder.

• 631 tubing £1,000 + VAT
• 725 tubing £1,090 + VAT
• 853 tubing £1,180 + VAT
• 853 Pro Team tubing £1,220 + VAT

Vincitore Special frame example pictured below with track dropouts and built in 531 Limited Edition Anniversary tubing. Frame colours are White Enamel main finish with White Gothic transfers, head tube and whole seat tube in Ice Blue Pearl with Dark Blue Flamboyant barber's pole and Black lug lining.

Vincitore Special track frame in 531 Anniversary Limited Edition tubing

Vincitore Special bottom bracket

Vincitore head lug

Vincitore Special seat lug