The "forged" Hetchins that turned up in a Northern California shop was built by Ron Cooper. Regardless of what David Miller might say, that frame along with at least one or two others was absolutely was built by Ron. We now refer to the frame as a Hetchins replica.
In fact, that particular frame is STILL on display at A Bicycle Odyssey, in Sausalito, California
This was hashed out late last year on this very list ...
I have absolutely no knowledge of association Ron Cooper and Omega Cycles and after the furor caused late last year, I very seriously doubt that there any such association exists.
Ron Cooper is building Bates frames under license through Bicycle Classics, if I recall correctly, however.
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> From: "Thomas Rawson" <twrawson@worldnet.att.net>
> Reply-To: "Thomas Rawson" <twrawson@worldnet.att.net>
> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 16:23:37 -0700
> To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: [CR]Hethins WHOOO?
>
> Friends Flash (Hetchins unofficial) and Andrew Moore (victim of
> the Campag track hub sit earlier this year) have asked that we
> take a look at this:
> http://www.flashq.de/
>
> Tom Rawson
> Oakland, CA