Re: [CR]Hetchins: Equipment advice

(Example: Framebuilders:Chris Pauley)

To: siverson@garlic.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 20:50:21 -0800
Subject: Re: [CR]Hetchins: Equipment advice
From: Mark A. Perkins <bicyclemark@juno.com>


The Campy set of course. Find a period Cinelli to put the bivalent hubs on. My 2 cents worth.

On Sun, 7 Jan 2001 20:16:50 -0800 siverson@garlic.com writes:
> I am just completing the restoration of a 1974 vintage Hetchins
> curly.
> I have outfitted this bike with a complete set of Campy NR
> components
> from a Raleigh Pro of the same year, and a Cinelli (old logo) bar
> and
> stem.
>
> I have a choice of two wheelsets to install on this bike: A 5-speed
>
> Cinelli bi-valent set with Ambrosio 19-extra Elite rims; or a set
> with
> Campy NR hubs front LF and rear High/Low hub built on Mavic G-40
> rims
> with 6speed Regina Oro freewheel. (Both rim sets are for 700c
> wire-bead tires)
>
> I like the bi-valents most because they are "cool" and rare, but the
>
> High/Low set would seem to be more in keeping with what would have
> been
> built-up on this bike when it was new. I'm quit sure that Cinelli
> had
> discontinued production of the bi-valent hubs long before 74.
>
> If you were judging the restoration of this bike which wheel set
> would
> you prefer to see?
>
> Erik Siverson
>
>
> _______________________________________________

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