Re: [CR]mixte Hetchins unearthed

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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:23:59 GMT
To: jim@jimlangley.net
Subject: Re: [CR]mixte Hetchins unearthed
From: <brianbaylis@juno.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Jim,

Interesting bike! So far, this would be only the 4th Mixte Hetchins bike known, as far as I know. I have one (I believe the first one built, 1968)Jimmy Thomson has one, and a guy I repainted one for has one. I don't remember where the guy is. Your friends' frame is different from the others. Mine is not like the other two, which seem to be the same. My bike is complete and original and has many of the same components as the one shown. My bike may be slightly smaller than that one; but it's hard to tell seat tube length on a Mixte frame just from a photo. My paint is plain ivory with black pinstriping. That bike is much nicer than mine in details and paint. Very cool machine. Great find!

Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA


-- "Jim Langley" wrote:


Sunday, I visited a neighbor to help him with some "old" bicycles and pulled a very nice ladies Hetchins (although now in need of some major TLC) out of his dark, damp shed. I've posted some reasonably large pictures on my website at this link (they'll take a few seconds to load; 143K file). Be sure to scroll down when the photo opens to see all the pics: http://www.jimlangley.net/hetchins.jpg

My neighbor says that this Hetchins was one of a matching pair built for a husband and wife. He has no idea where the men's is (this one has the initials "MH" on it). In any case, he's interested in selling this one and I thought there'd be no better place to spread the word than here. Maybe one of you has its mate?!

If you're interested in this bike, please let me know by emailing me. If a lot of people make offers, I'll likely sell it to the highest bidder assuming the owner approves. If there's no serious interest here, I'll list it on eBay. I thought you'd enjoy the pictures in any case. It's a lovely piece of work and I believe less common than the men's models.

Jim Langley
Santa Cruz, California