One of THE coolest finishes I've ever seen on ANY bike was an original brow n-ish "crackle" finish on a Hetchins circa 1973. Have never seen it on any other bike (including other Hetchins) and much more unique and "show-stoppi ng" than any Italian bike from the 80's IMO.
Larry Hakim
Oxford, Mississippi, USA> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:23:47 -0400> From: whee
lman@nac.net> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]Worse color
for a classic bike...> > This has been eating at me for some time now. Ther
e are many colors that I> do not like on classic bikes. Many come from that
period of cultural> confusion the 80s where the two tone, fade one into an
other really made> for some horrible combinations. Still my worse ever sing
le color for a> classic bicycle is brown. I don't care if it is metallic br
own, opaque,> root beer. Brown is brown and does not enhance either the chr
ome, the> saddles or the tires.> > There, I got it off my chest, now let th
e pro brown group chime in.> > Ray Homiski> Elizabeth, NJ> > ______________
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