Received an email from Mercian today to say that my Strada Speciale frame is finally ready and they sent a picture of the frame:
This was ordered back in June last year, so wasn't far of the 12 months waiting time I was expecting, so in time for my 50th birthday later this year.
Here's my
original thread about being fitted for it (and later agonizing over colour/paint scheme choices - in the end I decided to go for colourful, but simple, partly to better show off the beautiful lugs). Paint is #63 Orange Pearl Flam (inc. forks, which I've not seen) and #22 White Enamel HT/ST/lug lining and fills. Other lug lining #18 Gunmetal Grey Poly, as thought black seemed a bit stark, but not sure that they've applied that yet.
Hope to be able to get it kitted out with all the components I've been hunting down over the last 12 months soon, mostly early-mid 2000s Campagnolo 10-speed bits