London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

I think changing the Hetchins frame out for a more contemporary one would be the easy fix. Lovely frame, wrong build.

Aside from anti-anachronism nazis, who's going to object? It's a good frame with good parts. Do you think he should have binned the tasty black Grammo stem just because it doesn't period match the Ellipse wheels?

yeah, dont want to be too anal about period parts, but its wrong to put modern mid range parts on a rare and classic frame. you wouldnt paint a jag E-type in two tone paint wearing blinging alloy wheels for the same reason.

im sure it rides great though

Its all wrong.

That square bike on the last page however, is all right! I'd kill for that thing.

A straight-stayed Hetchins with basic (for a Hetchins) lug work hardly counts as either rare or classic. What's the alternative, anyway? Spending months and hundreds of pounds sourcing period correct parts so you can enter it in Concours d'Elegance competitions, and then not wanting to ride it because you'll wear out your precious Chater-Lea chainring.

People riding brakeless with no foot retention must ride so so slow.

Or just not for a very long time.

just as well, have you seen how they ride when they try to ride "fast" ?

Or just do tricks outside there house. But alot of money spent just for that.

JBAFBMX (just buy a f-in' BMX)

Better post up some Victorian houses with mini-dishes on then, or an E-type with effective modern tyres.

The refusal to mix old and new is ridiculous. If the parts had been silver, not black, a grand total of no one would have cared.

http://cyanatrendland.com/wp-content...gear-bike3.jpg

God help us all

Apart from the Brooks, I like that a lot.

that Yama is illa sick
in the best possible way

maybe drop the brooks but still

When i first saw that I thought it was a pimped fold-up!

.....and you got a ride.

What is with the clearance on that fork?

About 150mm.

:s

yes, otherwise get a modern frame thats probably cheaper and better. i dont really think the parts have to be perfectly period correct, but it is just completely wrong to mix the aesthetic of old and classic with modern. if it were any old crappy frame it wouldnt matter, but hetchins arent any old frame.

fuck it, it's a bike that function well, he build it up with reasonable component, and even thought it's a classic frame, it still function well.

be glad he didn't kill it by respraying it, removing the brake cable line, etc. top tube pad, deep v and arrospok etc.

It should be possible to get a quite nice straight stay Hetchins 531 frame for less than the price of a new 631 frame, and the Aluminium frames which are really better than that are more expensive still. You're showing far too much reverence for a very ordinary frame of which there are probably thousands of examples still kicking around.

Excellent my Hetchins made the anti-porn page I must have done something right!

I picked the frame up of ebay for just over £400 its almost exactly the same dimensions as a custom Ribble 753 road frame I had built 15 years ago and that was £370 then. I'd be surprised if you could get such a nice frame that fits so well for that much these days, definitely not one with pretty curly lugs!

In my post on current projects I mention I'm not happy with the wheel/tyre combo and the crank isn't quite right (a more elegant chainwheel would help), and I went to quite a bit of time to remove all logos from all the parts to keep focus on the great frame.

My Dad has a Hetchins from the year before this one (1960) obviously full period components and was last ridden 15years ago, by me for about a couple of miles.
It's back in the garage roof collecting dust again.
I figure bikes are for riding so mine is going to get ridden!

As Ed pointed out the frame is un-touched from original (was restored to original colours a few years ago), and to swap everything out for other parts is a pretty quick job.

Oh and it rides very nicely...

what's wrong with putting new parts on an old frame?

if the bike fits and runs well, how can it be a problem?

this is worthy of people's criticism? yet every day we see hundreds of badly fitting clown-bikes or track bikes sporting parts designed for completely different styles of riding, or bikes with one brake and a freewheel, or just plain dangerous, all because the colours match or someone wants to make a half-baked attempt at making something with 700c wheels look like a BMX.

you wallys

I think it's down to this being an aesthetically driven thread not a functionality driven thread.

good point

Probably a repost but...

Lovely.

what's that? Lance trying to do a Mario?

is that marker pen?

Shepherd Fairey getting sucked into the Lance machine.

fuck off.... are you serious...

Yezzir, that bike was done for Lance for the Giro this year I believe. If you look at the top of the seat stay it has that star with andre the giants face and at the side of the head tube it has his little obey tag, which I use in the loosest terms.
http://collectiveco.blogspot.com/200...ey-x-trek.html

>.>

Oppps, I jumped the gun then! Turns out it's just a toy thank god

either way you did the right thing.

I saw a geezer with a full arm tattoo riding this bike through Braintree the other day. If you are on here then PM me, would be good to talk about a local drinks/ride thing...

+1.
I use whatever I can afford/find to make my bikes as close to how I want them as possible, I ultimately am the one to ride my bikes and my enjoyment of them is mostly in the riding and not the worrying about whether I have offended someone with my choice of parts.

Exactly!

Be quick. Given the set up, he might not be around long.

Seems us older riders have less of a sense of fashion about us, which I like.
Are you John Peel really?

I don't mind this bike, wouldn't choose it for myself but it was being ridden and that's what counts.

I was referring to the lack of rear brake/foot retention, not suggesting that Pista riders were fly by night.

If safety is your concern then I reckon the first thing he could do is take his iPod off whilst riding:(
Just by sheer coincidence I saw him at exactly the same junction which saw me get sideswiped by angry motorist a few years ago whilst on my De Rosa(Fortunately only the bike and not me got damaged) and images of bike/car accidents did flash before my eyes.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2372/...1b13da53_b.jpg

I'll just leave this here.

Silly boy.

very silly

completly non-sense

Aesthetically speaking it's not to everyone's taste (just like every other bike in these threads).

I'm not a huge fan of the brown/gold or the sloping top-tube of the Brooklyn frame but that said I admire the utilitarian aspect and the sheer bike geekery on show. On the whole, I like the bike but not necessarily for the way it looks.

reminds me of..