Sorry I forgot. I find this statement highly inaccurate on the Hetchin's description as well. " As usual with Benelux gears, the five speed mechanism is only effective over four sprockets". All the bikes I have owned which were fitted with a 5 speeb Beno worked across the range even when I had a double clanger on. Is this just poor adjustment? Perhaps we were just lucky Michael Butler Huntingdon UK.
>From: "Mick Butler" <pariscyclesuk@hotmail.com>
>To: PBridge130@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: RE: [CR]eBay Hetchins Observations
>Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:59:20 +0000
>
>Many thanks for Mr. Bridge bringing our attention to the Hetchin's on ebay.
>Just a few quickies the original price back in the 50's was considerably
>higher than today's prices. If you use the higher end price tables you
>would come up with a today's price of about £800. These tables are not that
>accurate or reliable an equivalent price would be well over a £1000 for one
>of their lower end frames.
>Also this frame would have been old hat in my opinion when it was made. The
>more forward looking manufactures where fitting Continental type headsets
>as opposed to headclip ones in the late 1930's. This type of headset could
>be explained to a customer requesting this style but the present owner
>obviously knows that this was specifically made for retail through Baines
>the Northern Lightweight shop. The "Gen" boys or girls of the day would
>have found this very old fashioned.
>Finally I hate it when people fit South of France bars in this fashion
>(sloping skywards) looks like a kid on a newspaper round.
>Still a great machine but put the handlebars right, slope them down a bit.
>It's the little attention to detail which makes a bike!
>
>
>Michael Butler Huntingdon UK.
>
>
>
>
>>From: PBridge130@aol.com
>>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>>Subject: [CR]eBay Hetchins
>>Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 03:34:08 EDT
>>
>>I thought this was worth a look:
>>
>>_http://ebay.com/<blah>
>>rd=1_
>>(http://ebay.com/<blah>
>>
>>I enjoyed the "South of France" bars, the bar-end shifters, with which I
>>was
>>not familar, the Mafacs, the ders, and the description. Nice bike.
>>
>>Peter Bridge
>>Southern Los Angeles Megalopolis, CA USA
>>
>>
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