Mark, I didn't take your question as offensive at all, nor was I offended b y it. As far as that particular ride, we left out from Glenrothes in Fife c ounty, and rode towards Gleneagles in Perthshire. Having previoulsy ridden only in SE Mich (very very flat) the hills killed me! Your Hetchins looks beautiful BTW!
Larry Hakim Oxford, MS USA
From: mark@petry.orgTo: larryhakim@hotmail.comCC: classicrendezvous@bikelis t.orgSubject: RE: [CR]Worst Colour for a Classic Bike ....Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:59:29 -0700
Sorry, Larry, I did not mean to offend. Sounds like crackle paint commonly used for valve covers on car engines.
You\u2019re right, the upkeep on a texturized finish would have been ridiculou s. I have a hetchins with a 2 tone blue paint job and it\u2019s lovely..
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Where in Scotland ? I\u2019ve ridden up around Loch Katrine and Crianlargh, n orth of Glasgow in the hill country. Very pretty.
Rgds markp
From: Larry Hakim [mailto:larryhakim@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:56 PMTo: Mark Petry; classicrendezvous@bikelist.orgSubject: RE: [CR ]Worst Colour for a Classic Bike ....
Mark, I encountered the bike on a "club ride" in Scotland in '73. I was so
intriqued with it's finish that I pestered the owner w/ a ton questions abo
ut. It was indeed the original finish and it was "intentional". Somehow it
seemed really appropriate to see such an "eccentric" finish on a Hetchins.
However your question reminds me that the upkeep on such a finish (not to m
ention a re-finish) would be a real headache because it was such a visually
"busy" finish. BTW, I was so out of shape on that ride what I mostly saw o
f the Hetchins was its tail end especially on the harder climbs! Larry Hak
im Oxford, MS USA> From: mark@petry.org> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:03:51 -0700> Subject: [CR]Worst Colour for a Cl
assic Bike ....> > Larry - your description begs the question - could that
brown crackle finish> have been .. RUST ?> > > > Anybody else catch this yo
utube of the 53 Giro on Dave Moulton's bike blog> today ?> > > > http://dav
esbikeblog.blogspot.com/> > > > ==============
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a ecrit : > > > > One of THE coolest finishes I've ever seen on ANY bike wa
s an original brow> n-ish "crackle" finish on a Hetchins circa 1973. Have n
ever seen it on any > other bike (including other Hetchins) and much more u
nique and "show-stoppi> ng" than any Italian bike from the 80's IMO.> > Lar
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