Originally Posted by
mkeller234
No. In my opinion, it is short sighted and needlessly destructive to remove the braze-ons. I do think a Mercian deserves better treatment.
However, it’s also your bicycle.
Out of curiosity, what do you think of the guys around here who specialize in adding lots of custom braze-ons for touring setups or extra bottle cage bosses, dimpling stays for 650b tires, etc? That's sort of where I'm coming from when I look for justification - whether things are being removed or added, the original frame specifications are being altered and quite a bit of work necessary to return them to stock again. I still see some beautiful results around here from the custom crowd! Sort of my inspiration for getting "just the right look," if you will.
-Gregory