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they are still being made

http://www.hetchins.com/mo-ultra-01.htm

according to the website the current model is the magnum opus ultralite.

@marcola thats lovely, i have had one of one of those on my wish list for a little while now

Carbon forks!? Those builds are hideous.

Also not a fan of ornate lugs, but jeez marcola, you've got an amazing frame there and i'm sure you'll do it justice. Congrats.

Yeah - I posted the cream one in anti-porn.

but IMO the blue carbon just about works, but just don't see the point.

I originaly wanted black spokes + nips, but couldn't justify the extra cost for a bugget build.

The contrast of the silver looks much better IMO. They dont look like budget wheels.

Thanks... after looking at quite a few old builds where they're running mavic's ma40's with silver spokes and hubs I've really started to dig them.

BTW truing is a mission!.... thinking about leaving for a bit and taking them to a mate with a truing stand.

thanks everyone,
this Hetchins frame is direct order from Hetchins,
the frame model is Magnum Opus De Luxe,
you can phone them to ask another model,
maybe they still doing for, or can help you find way to make,
they're quite good for doing things to customer,
we were confirm or discussing with this frame about 50 mails,
that's true, 50 mails,
IMO, they're really quite responsible bike make.

oops, sense of humour failure, sorry.

Note to self: dont post on the forum before the first cup of tea of the day....

BTW truing is a mission!.... thinking about leaving for a bit and taking them to a mate with a truing stand.

Yeah. Best bit of advice from sheldon on wheel building is to allow alot of time, and not to force yourself to complete them in one sitting.

This arrived today:

Gonna do what i can with it.

Marcola, the Hetchins is fucken wonderful.

This arrived today:

Gonna do what i can with it.

my size too! ahh I want!

Couple of bikes I have built for my Girlfriend this year. Built the BSA Metro in April so kinda new and the Eddy Merckx replica a couple of weeks ago. It's kind of an in between bike to try and get her used to a half decent riding position before I build her a propper bike. Only cost me £25 plus some tyres some bar tape and some paint. Thinkin I might build myself a propper replica of the Eddy Merckx hour record bike. It's just so rad.

by replica you mean....."I used the same colours"

That BSA Mixte is lovely! (not that I want a girls bike)

by replica you mean....."I used the same colours"

Whatever

by replica you mean....."I used the same colours"

you just earned yourself half a pint of guinness :-)

Whatever

haha.
Whatever my arse. It looks nothing like the Merx above it. Different geo, drop outs, tubing, colour, size and build. Whats a replica about it??? Seriously...

i agree you seem to have made an orange fixed gear bike

How much for one of those Hetchins frames? I've been marvelling at it, I don't know if I want one. It's gorgeous but a bit of me thinks it's too much. The builds on the website, there's just no need. Surely you want completely plain components, otherwise it just looks like a Christmas tree. I am a bit of a noob though, so what do I know?

you just earned yourself half a pint of guinness :-)

Half pint? Queer?

Oi, none o' that. You were asking for it mate, please remember how anal this forum is.

Half pint? Queer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2fJFkR8Fuo

Some teaser shots of the beater after respray and decal application. its a bit of a posh pub bike now :/

more soon when I replace bars and bar-tape.

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Ved, the finish looks really nice. I'd whack some gears on it.

No its gonna stay singlespeed. Got some tache bars to try and some nice noodle nittos too to experiment with. waiting for some velox cloth tape atm.

cheers birthdaypartyboy