Hetchins

[stedlocks]

my unicorn, and I'll never sell it....in the right place at the right time.....

Bought from the original keeper, when he decided to pack up cycling after getting knocked off.....not off this!

And in Italy, at L'Eroica

 

[biggs682]

Having seen a curly in the flesh they look great , never ridden one though

 

[Yellow Saddle]

And with tyre wipers as well. Haven't seen those (bogus) gadgets in ages.
Not to mention the drillium.

Nice.

 

[stedlocks]

Thanks
Any time you're over near Stansted airport, you are more than welcome for a spin!

 

[Lonestar]

Blimey I remember the tyre wipers.Were they any good?

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Blimey I remember the tyre wipers.Were they any good?

No, they were terrible.

They didn't work, didn't last long and sprayed sand onto your thighs and directly into the chain.

 

[mjr]

Give it a month and someone will reinvent tyre scrapers. It'll make a change from indicator lamps!

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Give it a month and someone will reinvent tyre scrapers. It'll make a change from indicator lamps!

Did anyone say carbon?

 

[Drago]

Why did handlebar bottle cages ever go out of fashion?

 

[simon the viking]

My mates got one, same colour.. i posted a picture of it a while back... stunning look bikes..... not jealous at all...

 

[stedlocks]

The scrapers aren't even touching the tyres! Purely for show!
I bought a complete bike just for the cages.....I use them, and love em! I also bought another complete bike, just for the badged cinelli stem :0)

 

[Yellow Saddle]

The scrapers aren't even touching the tyres! Purely for show!
I bought a complete bike just for the cages.....I use them, and love em! I also bought another complete bike, just for the badged cinelli stem :0)

I think those scrapers are historically important. Good on you for not letting them touch, but keeping them on.

Now for a pair of silver Mavic MA2 rims on those wheels.

 

[stedlocks]

I know the wheels are a bit, ahem, marmite, but they were the original owner's 'best' wheels, and so I hate the thought of swapping them out......I've got other spare wheels which would suit, and are period correct, but I can't bring myself to run them!

 

[midlife]

Italianate and "vibrant" rear end . Just out of curiosity what's the frame number?

Shaun

 

[stedlocks]

No offence Shaun, but I'm not going to give that out as I don't know you personally....it starts H12*** and has been registered with Flash at the Hetchins register. It's not one of the cheaper ones, or a Bob Jackson one, nicked or fake though!
The original owner had it bought for him on 1979 by his father, after he broke his fathers own frame!
Flash suggested that it could have been a 'special', built for someone but not collected, as the serial dates it earlier, before this bloke turned up looking for two frames....Alf loved doing a deal!