What about this paint scheme? It looks like the painters at Gazelle were/are color blind. I'd rather have just brown.
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Mark Petry wrote:
>Sorry, Larry, I did not mean to offend. Sounds like crackle paint commonly
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>You're right, the upkeep on a texturized finish would have been ridiculous.
>I have a hetchins with a 2 tone blue paint job and it's lovely..
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>Where in Scotland ? I've ridden up around Loch Katrine and Crianlargh,
>north of Glasgow in the hill country. Very pretty.
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>From: Larry Hakim [mailto:larryhakim@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:56 PM
>To: Mark Petry; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: RE: [CR]Worst Colour for a Classic Bike ....
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>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
>about. 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 mention 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 of the Hetchins was its tail end especially on the harder climbs!
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>Larry Hakim
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>>From: mark@petry.org
>>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:03:51 -0700
>>Subject: [CR]Worst Colour for a Classic Bike ....
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>>Larry - your description begs the question - could that brown crackle
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>>Anybody else catch this youtube of the 53 Giro on Dave Moulton's bike blog
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>>Larry Hakim a ecrit :
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>>One of THE coolest finishes I've ever seen on ANY bike was an original
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>>other bike (including other Hetchins) and much more unique and
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>>Larry Hakim
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