show to me: your HETCHINS
10-04-12, 10:33 AM
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show to me: your HETCHINS
i personally dont have one but have always lusted after them it may even be my ultimate grail bike and i just cant get enough of looking at them! so if anyone has one id love to see it! as well as hear what you think of it
10-04-12, 10:58 AM
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Here is my '98 Magnum Opus with Vibrant "Curly" Stays. I got it as a F/F and built it a 'Townie'
Check out Historic Hetchins, lots of great information and a fabulous gallery. https://www.hetchins.org/
Check out Historic Hetchins, lots of great information and a fabulous gallery. https://www.hetchins.org/
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10-04-12, 11:03 AM
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There are a few of us but not many. USAZorro is the only other owner that come to mind.
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10-04-12, 11:09 AM
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bianchigirl thats gorgeous and i am extremely jealous i also love the super record with mafacs! thats how my holdsworth is set up and i remember a while ago some one had one for sale in my size : (
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Well this is all I got. Not a Hetchins, But a Jackson built by the same people who build the new Hetchins so I guess it counts.
Its currently sitting in my closet sans a few parts
Its currently sitting in my closet sans a few parts
10-04-12, 11:20 AM
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That's it!, were done!
Thanks BG!
Now let's move on to Singer owners...........Dave I think you're on!
chombi
Thanks BG!
Now let's move on to Singer owners...........Dave I think you're on!
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10-04-12, 12:14 PM
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Zach nice Jackson.
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10-04-12, 01:59 PM
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i've wanted a Hetchins for a long time, but the only examples in my size (53) that have appeared for sale online have gone for over $3000, which is a bit too rich for me.
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Probably not what you are after as this is more a "anti-Hetchins" as it is subtle and tasteful 
But that's why it appeals to me as I never like the curly and elaborate lugged models. This was built for a club TT racer in 1962, and is very similar to their track frame with road fittings. It is sort of Hetchin's "over the top" in that ever lug has a long extended spear point added. It was also built for a Campagnolo gruppo with shifter braze-on's made from a campy clamp-on band, and roller cable guides over the BB.
There's more shots here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/5461623...th/6315724931/
But that's why it appeals to me as I never like the curly and elaborate lugged models. This was built for a club TT racer in 1962, and is very similar to their track frame with road fittings. It is sort of Hetchin's "over the top" in that ever lug has a long extended spear point added. It was also built for a Campagnolo gruppo with shifter braze-on's made from a campy clamp-on band, and roller cable guides over the BB.
There's more shots here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/5461623...th/6315724931/
10-04-12, 02:57 PM
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I once asked a girlfriend "Would you like to come in and see my 'etchin's?" but she wasn't interested. Whether I actually had any wasn't important at the time.
(Nice!)
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It took me a minute to realize she didn't know the word, so she thought I was saying "topless." And she was probably wondering why I suggested topless and kept such a straight face.
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10-04-12, 04:09 PM
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And apropos of nothing C&V though he does ride a bike, the Red Sox fired Bobby Valentine today.
You may now return to your regularly schedule viewing of Hetchins's.
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Otis, that's really well done. I like the way the center-pull calipers are even drilled with different sized holes.
Everything is highly polished. I used to be a perfectionist, now I just feel sorry for them
Everything is highly polished. I used to be a perfectionist, now I just feel sorry for them
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My cousins from Alaska visited last year, and I took them around Manhattan. We were discussing where to eat while we were on the street, and I said, "I know there's a tapas bar near here. Does that sound good?" My cousin's wife looked at me like I was some kind of weirdo, and I innocently asked, "What's wrong with that? You're not into tapas?"
It took me a minute to realize she didn't know the word, so she thought I was saying "topless." And she was probably wondering why I suggested topless and kept such a straight face.
It took me a minute to realize she didn't know the word, so she thought I was saying "topless." And she was probably wondering why I suggested topless and kept such a straight face.
Otis what nice Plane Jane does it have a model name? DID you register it?
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10-04-12, 05:15 PM
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Here is my '98 Magnum Opus with Vibrant "Curly" Stays. I got it as a F/F and built it a 'Townie'
Check out Historic Hetchins, lots of great information and a fabulous gallery. https://www.hetchins.org/
Check out Historic Hetchins, lots of great information and a fabulous gallery. https://www.hetchins.org/
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10-04-12, 06:31 PM
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The original build sheet lists it as a "Mountain King" model, although it does not really share too many features with one. It is on the Hetchin's registry, on which they list it as a "road bike".
10-04-12, 07:04 PM
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fender1, didn't your mother ever tell you that if you have nothing nice to say, don't say it? I don't like the fender stays or the saddle either, but jeez, man.
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10-04-12, 07:21 PM
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The seat is gone for a great Honey Brooks, I need better diagonal cutters to tackle the stays.
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