I agree with Harvey Sachs but if the frame were one to two centimeters bigger, I'd have bought it by now. It's got a cool retro British look to it.
Chuck Hoefer
Pacific Coast Cycles - Oceanside, California
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 11:58 AM Subject: [CR] Hetchins keyhole lug pattern frame/fork...was Masi prices
> Mike Kone wrote:
>
> we just put a Hetchins keyhole lug pattern frame/fork on ebay - lots of
> patina but really really cool. It is 55ct and a bit over 56cm cc top
> tube.
>
> It is from 1980's and according to the Hetchins org website, it is a
> pre-Bob Jackson example. The frame/fork, is set at $645 with buy-it-now.
>
> The link is:
>
> http://ebay.com/
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Mike -
> My only Hetchins is from the 70's, and a "modern" Italia Spyder. I don't
> know much about the marque, but the one at auction saddens me a bit.
> Somehow, the lug slots/holes, the "keyhole" effect, just read funny to
> me. They don't seem to flow with the shorelines or shapes of the lugs.
> It's particularly true for those on the sides of the head lugs. Of
> course, this is just my esthetic opinion, just as some folks prefer
> brunettes to blondes. Has nothing to do with performance, but that and
> the fork just don't have coherence for me.
>
> Good luck with finding her a new home; I'm sure that someone with
> different preferences will love the bike.
>
> harvey sachs
> mcLean va.
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