Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

yeah, dont want to be too anal about period parts, but its wrong to put modern mid range parts on a rare and classic frame.

A straight-stayed Hetchins with basic (for a Hetchins) lug work hardly counts as either rare or classic. What's the alternative, anyway? Spending months and hundreds of pounds sourcing period correct parts so you can enter it in Concours d'Elegance competitions, and then not wanting to ride it because you'll wear out your precious Chater-Lea chainring.

People riding brakeless with no foot retention must ride so so slow.

Or just not for a very long time.

just as well, have you seen how they ride when they try to ride "fast" ?

Or just do tricks outside there house. But alot of money spent just for that.

JBAFBMX (just buy a f-in' BMX)

Biggest fail is the most obvious....

Mixing old and new parts

Shit, I've started now I won't be able to stop, Id better go...

Better post up some Victorian houses with mini-dishes on then, or an E-type with effective modern tyres.

The refusal to mix old and new is ridiculous. If the parts had been silver, not black, a grand total of no one would have cared.

http://cyanatrendland.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/fixed-gear-bike3.jpg

God help us all

Apart from the Brooks, I like that a lot.

that Yama is illa sick
in the best possible way

maybe drop the brooks but still

this bike confused the fuck outta me. what's going on..?1??!

When i first saw that I thought it was a pimped fold-up!

Definitely maybe drop the brooks

.....and you got a ride.

this bike confused the fuck outta me. what's going on..?1??!

JBAFBMX (just buy a f-in' BMX)

What is with the clearance on that fork?

About 150mm.

:s

What's the alternative, anyway? Spending months and hundreds of pounds sourcing period correct parts

yes, otherwise get a modern frame thats probably cheaper and better. i dont really think the parts have to be perfectly period correct, but it is just completely wrong to mix the aesthetic of old and classic with modern. if it were any old crappy frame it wouldnt matter, but hetchins arent any old frame.

fuck it, it's a bike that function well, he build it up with reasonable component, and even thought it's a classic frame, it still function well.

be glad he didn't kill it by respraying it, removing the brake cable line, etc. top tube pad, deep v and arrospok etc.

yes, otherwise get a modern frame thats probably cheaper and better.

It should be possible to get a quite nice straight stay Hetchins 531 frame for less than the price of a new 631 frame, and the Aluminium frames which are really better than that are more expensive still. You're showing far too much reverence for a very ordinary frame of which there are probably thousands of examples still kicking around.

Excellent my Hetchins made the anti-porn page I must have done something right!

It should be possible to get a quite nice straight stay Hetchins 531 frame for less than the price of a new 631 frame, and the Aluminium frames which are really better than that are more expensive still. You're showing far too much reverence for a very ordinary frame of which there are probably thousands of examples still kicking around.

I picked the frame up of ebay for just over £400 its almost exactly the same dimensions as a custom Ribble 753 road frame I had built 15 years ago and that was £370 then. I'd be surprised if you could get such a nice frame that fits so well for that much these days, definitely not one with pretty curly lugs!

In my post on current projects I mention I'm not happy with the wheel/tyre combo and the crank isn't quite right (a more elegant chainwheel would help), and I went to quite a bit of time to remove all logos from all the parts to keep focus on the great frame.

My Dad has a Hetchins from the year before this one (1960) obviously full period components and was last ridden 15years ago, by me for about a couple of miles.
It's back in the garage roof collecting dust again.
I figure bikes are for riding so mine is going to get ridden!

As Ed pointed out the frame is un-touched from original (was restored to original colours a few years ago), and to swap everything out for other parts is a pretty quick job.

Oh and it rides very nicely...

what's wrong with putting new parts on an old frame?

if the bike fits and runs well, how can it be a problem?

this is worthy of people's criticism? yet every day we see hundreds of badly fitting clown-bikes or track bikes sporting parts designed for completely different styles of riding, or bikes with one brake and a freewheel, or just plain dangerous, all because the colours match or someone wants to make a half-baked attempt at making something with 700c wheels look like a BMX.

you wallys

I think it's down to this being an aesthetically driven thread not a functionality driven thread.

good point

Probably a repost but...

Lovely.

what's that? Lance trying to do a Mario?