To: "CR CR" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 16:06:50 -0800
From: "Troy Warnick" <oldschoolcycles@lycos.com>
Organization: Lycos Mail (http://www.mail.lycos.com:80)
Subject: [CR]Hubgears and Hetchins
Greetings,
I have a Hetchins with a Sturmey-Archer FC. This is actually a four speed hubgear. The interesting thing about this bike is that a braze-on to attach the wire guide pulley is fitted just under the seat cluster. You can see this bike on my website.
http://old_school_cycles.tripod.com/
I assume there were a number of Hetchins designed to take hubgears. This was called a path style of bike and was very popular in Britain until derailleurs took over in the popularity contest.
I really enjoy this bike as it is simple, quiet, and has quite a nice set of gear ratios.