£95 Hetchins

http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12643936

Too good.

Oooh, it's nice. Lucky man.

Shame! He wanted to sell it until someone told him it could be worth £1000!

People talk about Hetchins as if they are some kind of pinnacle of the traditional; rejecting modern bikes for a nice old fashioned steel frame, yet their lugs and curvy stays are the mid-20th century equivalent of the oversized carbon fibre frames of today.

Liked the "Mavic wheels never heard of them" quote...

+1 Mavic quote, my favourite too.

Illy you are so right it makes me want to eat my own nuts.

Hetchins Curly (Known correctly as The Vibrant Triangle) were most certainly not the mid 20th Century equivalent of the Modern Day oversized carbon frames .I have had in the early 60's( and stupidly sold a 1937 Hetchins Curly Track Frame.It was a 19&1/2" frame built for specific track use and used on the track.In the early days at Herne Hill and later at Fallowfield- Manchester & Bootle Stadium-Liverpool.It was later altered to road drop outs anb rebuilt with the good gear of the day.They were built with beautiful lines/tight geometry and ridden by some of the best.As with the one in the lead #1 submission when finished with 3/4 Chromed Stays & Full Chromed Front Forks they were STUNNING.No amount of fancy paint work can disguise an over engineered carbon frame irrespective of whose name is on it.Look into The Hetchins web site and SALIVATE.Happy and Safe Riding whatever your steed may be.My current joy is a Nice Little Italian.

interesting. The person that sold this bicycle knew even less about bicycles than the person that bought it.

You missed something.

I don't agree with illy btw.

rear part seems great!

Hi to you all,I have spoken with the chap that now owns this Exquisite Piece of History.It would appear to be a quite genuine Hetchins Frame,Indeed a Magnum Opus.Only for the fact it is to large a frame for my little legs to propel I would be making an offer that he would be hard pushed to ignore.Lets see if some of your Carbon Framed offerings of today will still command the money this one will,25-29yrs after they are made;if they are still around.

Glad you all like my bike!

glad you all like my bike!

wac

Any one want to buy it?

Give you £100 for it.

At least you have the sense of selling it instead of converting it to a fixed wheel bicycle after realising what's the fuss is about the Hetchins.

£101

Any one want to buy it?

could you add a pic to this thread,,,, but a new pic, maybe of the fork crown taken from the back.

sceptical? who me?

sorry if i missed something.

£2,050.00:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hetchins-curly-racing-bicycle_W0QQitemZ230368117289QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Bikes_GL?hash=item35a3028229&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14QQautorefreshZtrue

Oh, OK then, £102

Heres the link to some more/better photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41422680@N05/sets/72157621994807139/

The vertical seat tube is 22"

Everythings campy apart from the rear derailer which is Shimano Craven.

Any one want to buy it?

speaking seriously , what sort of money are you after?

well i dont really know. been told its worth £1000 so if someone offerd me that then i would sell. tho its probably unrealistic to expect that much. but then that one on ebay went for over £2000. Am tempted to get it rideable with new cables etc then stick it on ebay. Make me an offer and you never know...... if who ever was buying it came and picked it up i would probably sell for a bit less then otherwise just so it saves me the hassle of shipping it. had a lot of people offering me £100 just because i bought it cheap. I know its worth a hell of a lot more than that so serrious offers please. Basicaly you need to offer me enough not to wait and put it on ebay.

my emails gjt.tomlinson@gmail.com

What does your boss think?

Whereabouts are you, please, gjt?