RE: [CR]$7k Hetchins - Now: Original?

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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:58:11 -0800
To: ebrooks@eriwine.com, "'Peter Naiman'" <hetchinspete1@yahoo.com>, "'kim klakow'" <Akimbo71@gmx.net>, "'Mark Bulgier'" <Mark@bulgier.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, <dcwilson3@yahoo.com>
From: "Jan Heine" <heine94@earthlink.net>
Subject: RE: [CR]$7k Hetchins - Now: Original?


At 7:26 AM -0600 11/7/06, Edward Brooks wrote:
>Perhaps with some dialogue from any interested potential purchasers the
>seller might be convinced to provide greater image and description
>detail as

The bike is described to have all-original 1964 components, but the aluminum Simplex long-cage deraileurs post-date that by a decade or so.

Coincidentally, if anybody has a long-cage Simplex SLJ derailleur for sale (straight or dropped parallelogram), I am very interested... Must say "SLJ" in the little stampings, not "SX" or other words...

Contact me off list. (No, I won't pay $ 5000 for a Hetchins to get the derailleur!) -- Jan Heine Editor Bicycle Quarterly 140 Lakeside Ave #C Seattle WA 98122 http://www.bikequarterly.com