FLYING FARRAGO


A frame has turned up with Experto Crede lugs, curly stays, and an odd, to say the least, seat tube and seat cluster arrangement. I surmised that a genuine Hetchins might have been crashed and repaired from the bb backwards, but Trevor Jarvis is of the opinion that it's a hack job.

I might just mention that the whole point of the vertical tube is to shorten the wheelbase, not lengthen it.

Non-Hetchins bits are marked in red. (Photos courtesy of the owner.)






















Below, unedited correspondence between myself and Trevor Jarvis:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Flying Farrago
Date: 2024-10-18 12:42
From: editor@hetchins.org
To: trevor34@tjcycles.co.uk
Trevor,
Please have a look at the attached photos. Any idea who might have made this? Flash

On October 22, 2024 at 5:09 PM Central European Summer Time,
trevor34@tjcycles.co.uk wrote:
Hi Flash, thank FrownFrown you for informing me this orful cock up. To cut up a perfectly good Expert Creda like this is pure madness even if he had made a good job of doing the work. You will note that the vertical tube is not vertical, Chris [Yeomans] and I know why this is, and the include a bit of Waller. You have asked who might have made it. "A pure madman" How did you locate it. ???? Trevor

On 2024-10-22 16:32,
editor@hetchins.org wrote:
Greetings Trevor and Chris [Yeomans],
I surmise that the original Hetchins was crashed and 'repaired' from the bottom bracket backwards. The provenance is unknown. It turned up in someone's garage recently.
Cheers,
Flash

Reply:
The original Hetchins would not have been crashed; it has been cut up to this configuration. Trevor



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