You have to check a box to get it to appear in the auction. Some may not realize it, some may just forget, or some may have more sinister intentions
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-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of oroboyz@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 9:10 PM To: Mark@bulgier.net; dcwilson3@yahoo.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: *****SPAM***** [CR]$7K Hetchins Magnum Opus
<< Do we know anyone in North Carolina that could go take a look at it, >> Unfortunately that's a "fur piece" away from me.. About 2.5 hours west.
I wrote to him through the auction and asked about the derailleur system being 15 years younger
than the frame and about the braze-on shifters... Be interesting to
see if my query shows up in the "questions section" on the auction
page (what makes that happen, or not, I wonder?)
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA
-----Original Message----- From: Mark@bulgier.net To: dcwilson3@yahoo.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 4:10 AM Subject: RE: [CR]Is this Bike On topic...$7k Hetchins Magnum Opus :-)
I do believe the seller might really think the derailleurs are "period and original" -- he does seem to know that little about bikes. (No insult intended, the list of subjects I'm that ignorant about is limitless.) Pump head, chain and tires are other anachronisms I see, anything else? Yeah, I know chain and tires are wear items that are most often not original, but he did say "ALL of the components are period and original" (emphasis on "all" added by me). Should the TA triple chainring bolts be the allen-head style? (I don't know when that started.)
Frame size is "L"??
Someone should clue him in that a $5 kilodollar bike oughtta have a LOT more photos, measurements and documentation than that - unless someone wants to take a big chance? It is indeed a nice lookin' frame with some cool rare parts on it...
Using a TA rear brake cable housing hanger for the front brake is a new one for me - kinda kinky, I like it. Do we think the steerer is slotted for a head-clip-style stem? That would've been on it's way out (or completely gone) by 1964, wouldn't it? Anyway the stem appears to have a binder bolt so the clip may be essentially decorative.
Do we know anyone in North Carolina that could go take a look at it, hmmm??
Mark Bulgier Seattle WA USA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Don
> Wilson
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 11:32 PM
> To: Classic Rendezvous
> Subject: [CR]Is this Bike On topic...$7k Hetchins Magnum Opus :-)
>
> This would appear to be the bicycling equivalent of a Purdy shotgun,
> or at least on the right track. And PuLEAAAAAASE, don't anyone
> complain about it being too ornate. This thing should be in a museum
> of great 20th Century art. Quoth the seller:
>
> "The frame was made in England in 1964 and equipped with Cinelli
> interchangeable hubs, Campagnolo seat post, headset, and down tube
> shifters, Simplex front and rear derailleurs, TA spindle, crank arms
> and three chain rings (it's a 15 speed), Mafac Top 63 center pull
> brakes and leavers, Brooks big copper rivet leather seat, and
> beautiful Cheater Lea pedals.
> Tubular tires on Mavic rims with stainless steel spokes. All of the
> components are period and original when the frame was built.
>
> "This bike has immaculate original paint and chrome work with highly
> polished aluminum and everything has just been rebuilt.
>
> "The serial number on the frame is 4040."
>
> And if this were a fake, I'd want the forger to build me two!
>
> 320045875917
>
> Don Wilson
> Los Olivos, CA USA
>
>
> D.C. Wilson dcwilson3@yahoo.com
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