hetchins.org table of contents


Brake mount, drop-mount for fitting modern brakes to ERTRO622 wheels on 27-inch frame
Campagnolo Retrospective, some of the components which made cycling history
Catalogs
     1964 Catalog, page-by-page detail
Complete Bikes Gallery
     Pre-War, Latin Series, and Modern Series
Contacts & Links to other web sites
Copycats
     Magnum Bogus 1
     Magnum Bogus 2
     Magnum Bogus 3
     Magnum Bogus 4
For Sale Used/NOS
Frame Components (see also Lug Designs)
     Bottom Brackets
     Crowns
     Head Badges
     Stays
     Tangs
     Top Eyes
Gallery, Complete Bikes
     Pre-War, Latin Series, and Modern Series
Gramophone Covers before Harry met Jack
Harry, Jack, & Alf, the men, the shop
Hetchins Register, The list of extant Hetchins
Hetchins Weekend Annual Event, Retrospective
History & Production
     Early History by John Liffen
     Letter from Eddie Cook further to early history
     Middle History by Hugh O'Neill
     Subsequent History
     History of Lug Production & Design Methods (pdf file)
     Interview With Ken Janes, former Hetchins employee & lug cutter
     Original Owner Documentation Sample
     Typical Frame Builder's Card
     Typical Weekly Timecards for Builders
     Yearly Production Figures
How to Save the Tour de France (editorial)
How to Save the World (editorial)
How to Ship Hetchins (practical advice)
Identifying a Frame
     General Remarks, What Information Is Available
     Frame (Serial) Numbers
     On Dating Very Early Hetchins how we do it (pdf file)
     Original Owner Documentation Sample
     Quick Model Identifier
Introduction, what this web site is all about
Legal notices: copyright, disclaimer, and who is responsible
Letter From The Editor, periodic musings from a one-trick anorak
Links to other web sites
Lug cutting & design
     History of Lug Production & Design Methods (pdf file)
     Ken Janes on lug cutting
     Trevor Jarvis on lug cutting
Lug Designs: Early Period, Latin Series, Post Latin Series and Modern Period
     Early Period: 1934 - 1950
         Brilliant
         Competition
         Earl's Court Show Model, 1948
         Super Special
     Latin Series: 1950 - 1986
         Latin Series Overview
         Connocenti/Cognoscenti
         Experto Crede
         Magnum Bonum
         Magnum Opus
         Nulli Secundus
         Vade Mecum
     Post Latin Series & Modern Period: 1960 - present
         Italia
         Keyhole
         Magnum Bonum ii, MB Spyder, 1984 - 1987
         Magnum Opus Anniversary, 1994
         Magnum Opus Ultralite, 2005
         Mountain King
         Novus Ductor
         Plus, The
         Scorpion Bonum
         Swallow/Spyder
         unclassified
     History of Lug Production & Design Methods (pdf file)
New Production, link to
Other Marques: please visit Classic Lightweights
     Carlton Jewel
     Roy Cottingham
     Les Ephgrave
     Trevor Jarvis Flying Gate
     W.B. Hurlow
     Alex Singer tandem
Prices for used Hetchins, current market rates USA and UK
Racing Heritage
Rare Models
Restoring a Hetchins
     Appropriate Equipment for Restoring a Hetchins, 1950 to 1969
     Visit to Argos, classic cycle renovators in Bristol, UK
     When to, when not to
Special Features
     Accessories
     Book Review
     Brake mount, drop-mount for fitting modern brakes to ERTRO622 wheels on 27-inch frame
     Editorials, How to Save the Tour de France, How to Save the World, etc.
     Hetchins/Bates Hybrid
     Hetchins Weekend Annual Event, Retrospective
     Hyman Hetchin's Own Hetchins
     Original Patent
Transfers
     Calligraphy
     Coronation Down Tube
     Fairground Down Tube & Script Down Tube
     Head & Seat Tube Crests
     Pre-War
     Six-Day
Various Models, The
Wanted Used
What's New, latest update

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