Re: [CR]Hurt Hetchins

(Example: History:Norris Lockley)

To: richardsachs@juno.com
Cc: johnswarbrick@hotmail.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 11:36:55 -0800
Subject: Re: [CR]Hurt Hetchins
From: Mark A. Perkins <bicyclemark@juno.com>


Great movie Richard.

On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:46:15 -0500 Richard M Sachs <richardsachs@juno.com> writes:
> i guess i agree with john here...
> assuming you don't want the frame
> dent silver brazed and draw filed out,
> leading to a touch-up paint squirt, you
> should leave it be.
> and tonite, rent 'the red violin', at
> blockbusters. you may feel differently
> about your hetchins' 'issue' afterwards;
> perhaps you're not the owner of it,
> only its' steward at this point in time.
> e-RICHIE
> (50 km after lunch...)
> _________________________________________________________
> On Fri, 09 Feb 2001 17:22:39 -0000 "John Swarbrick" writes:
> Try to think of all the dents abrasions paint chips as a patina of
> history associated with your bike. I mean a big part of your bikes
> history is that it has left its native shores and headed out to
> pastures
> new picking up a 'scar' along the way. Look at this dent in a kindly
>
> almost paternal light as it embelishes your Nuli Secundus rather
> than in a negative way.
> Cheers,
> John
> >
> >
> > >From: "Daniel Dahlquist" <dahlq@galenalink.net>
> > >To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > >Subject: [CR]Hurt Hetchins
> > >Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 09:59:34 -0600
> > >
> > >Dear CR Members,
> > > I could really use some advice from my brethren. A couple
> of
> > days ago
> > >my long-awaited Hetchins Nulli Secundus arrived from England. It
>
> > was
> > >first sold in 1954, and still has 95% of its original paint,
> which
> > is a
> > >beautiful dark bronze (where the paint has been protected, the
> > bronze runs
> > >to a deep burgandy).
> > > Despite foam pipe insulation on all tubes, the axle of one
> > >tightly-packed wheel rode on the downtube for thousands of miles,
>
> > and has
> > >put a dent there, right through the original paint. The dent is
> > about the
> > >size and shape of a screwdriver blade, running perpendicular to
> the
> >
> > >downtube.
> > > Here's where I need your advice, or, at the very least, the
> > assistance
> > >of any mental health care professionals who might be on the list.
> > > What do I do about this dent? I confess I am a bit anal
> > retentive.
> > >Many of my friends would simply fill the dent with putty and
> touch
> > up the
> > >paint as best they could, and forget about it. But there's
> > something about
> > >filler that has always bothered me. In antique frames with dents
> I
> > have
> > >usually have the dents filled with brass or silver. Would it be
> > completely
> > >insane to lose the original paint on the Hetchins downtube in
> order
> > to fill
> > >a minor dent in this way?
> > > When I buy a bike in the states I almost always ask that the
>
> > wheels be
> > >shipped separately, in order to avoid this problem of downtube
> > damage. But
> > >since this bike was coming from England, I tried to save a couple
>
> > of bucks
> > >and had everything shipped in a single box. I've no idea why
> > plastic caps
> > >were not placed on the axles.
> > > The transfers on this Hetchins are mostly gone (one can see
> > only the
> > >"shadow" of the Hetchins name on the downtube), but the paint is
> > wonderful.
> > > I wish I could keep from staring at the dent, and appreciate
> the
> > bike in
> > >its entirety.
> > > This must have happened to some of my fellow collectors at
> one
> > time or
> > >another. Do I need counseling? Should I seek assistance from
> > mental health
> > >care professionals? Any advice and comfort, technical and/or
> > spiritual,
> > >from my CR friends will be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Warmly,
> > >
> > > Daniel "Maybe I think too much about bicycles" Dahlquist