Elybazza61
Guru
Got a nice Hetchins in today for a check-over;gent who brought it in also has a ti SPA to bring in as well.
Hetchins in the shop today
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Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Did you purloin it for a quick ride?
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Very nice indeed
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
- Location
- London
Reynolds sticker looks like a modern one, not what you would expect to find!
Smokin Joe
Squire
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Ornate lugs are not for me. They make a bike look like something Dracula would ride.
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Elybazza61
Guru
No idea TBH;it's a touring spec frame with mounts and a stand bridge and has 10-speed 105.
Did you purloin it for a quick ride?
Afraid not;only ride customers bikes if there is an issue or to double check any fix.
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
- Location
- London
Those are a bit OTT for me, although I do like a nice lugged frame. I wonder if the OTT lugs used by some builders were a means of advertising who built a bike back when frames used in racing had to be unliveried?. The things like curly stays and wrapover stays would make even a plain frame easy to identify.
Smokin Joe
Squire
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
I think you've got it. Hetchins were one of those who specialised in making the cut of the lugs a recognisable feature. If the frame in the OP had been unbranded and we were asked to guess the builder they would have been my first choice. One thing I do like is the gold lining round the lugs, I had a Woodrup sprayed like that when I ordered it.
midlife
Guru
Smokin Joe
Squire
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
I'd say it isn't a Hetchins because that looks like a Columbus decal on the tube. Lugs are the same, you couldn't copyright a particular shape.
midlife
Guru
Surely that's part of the checking over procedure, to have a little test ride to make sure everything is working as it should.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Surely that's part of the checking over procedure, to have a little test ride to make sure everything is working as it should.
Not many shops do test bikes
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Elybazza61
Guru
Surely that's part of the checking over procedure, to have a little test ride to make sure everything is working as it should.
Some of it is purely a matter of time, there is only 1 full time 'qualified mechanic'.
Also 90% of the time a test ride isn't necessary.
