Road Test/Bike Review (1988) Kellogg, 3Rensho, Somec, and Hetchins
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Road Test/Bike Review (1988) Kellogg, 3Rensho, Somec, and Hetchins
Winners of Bicycling's Guest Editor Contest ride and review KELLOGG Spectrum, 3RENSHO Katana, SOMEC SLX/AIR, and HETCHINS Novus Ductor.
Only the first page of the article and pages with bike photos are included below.
The full article pdf can be seen and downloaded here for the next week or so: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AgHfxA8atbGnlw1R...H9c9z?e=SKfj2y
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As always a great read...thanks, Ben 
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those are really nice bikes!
I'm a bit surprised to see a Hetchins in the group, if only because Italian racing bikes seemed to be the preferred bikes in those days. Good to see that someone appreciated that sort of over-the-top lugwork! (speaking as a Hetchins owner myself).
Steve in Peoria
I'm a bit surprised to see a Hetchins in the group, if only because Italian racing bikes seemed to be the preferred bikes in those days. Good to see that someone appreciated that sort of over-the-top lugwork! (speaking as a Hetchins owner myself).
Steve in Peoria
03-18-21, 09:42 AM
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Good stuff!
If we are dreaming about which one we’d like to find at the neighborhood garage sale, I am leaning pretty hard toward Somec.
If we are dreaming about which one we’d like to find at the neighborhood garage sale, I am leaning pretty hard toward Somec.
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Every time I run across a Spectrum, it reminds me of a tour I did in Vermont in 1986 with Vermont Country Cyclers (or Cycles, or Cyclists).
Among our group of 14, there were 5 cyclists all from the same advertising agency in Philadelphia who each rode a custom-built Spectrum.
One of them was a young guy, maybe mid-20s then, who was credited with writing the BIC Banana ads.
He was always cracking wise, but in a funny, non-obnoxious way.
One of his colleagues rode up to me one day and said "You can't believe how much money we pay him to think that way".
I didn't ask how much mostly because I didn't want to know.
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