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@Brommers
'The bike that taste forgot' is the GF's nick-name for this one, although since the frame and forks have come back from Argos Cycles after having been repainted and
rechromed, she's taken to calling it 'your Argos bike'.
I bought the bike off eBay from someone who turns out to have been Jingle Jangle.
It was advertised as a Novus Ductor, although I think the lugs look more like Scorpion Bonum lugs. Either way, it's a Hetchins from about the mid-Eighties. The bike was perfectly rideable when I bought it, but it had an odd mixture of Shimano-through-the-ages and a smattering of Suntour. Although the paint looks pretty good in the photo, the bike was, as Jingle Jangle said, ripe for restoration as the paint was actually flaking quite badly along the top tube and the chainstays. So once I'd got it home I stripped it down and sent it off to Argos. I decided against keeping the existing colour scheme, but going for something a bit different.
Here's what I've got back from Argos:
I'm really pleased with the quality of the work. The lug-lining in particular is spectacularly good - not only even and consistent, but very, very thin.
I think I've got most of the bits I need to build it up with, but here's the first instalment of goodies:
Brooks Swallow titanium saddle, Super Record seat post, Super Record chainset, Phil Wood bottom bracket, and a Super Record headset.