Accessories, jerseys, bags, key fobs, booties, etc.--historic, not for sale |
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Badges, head tube and seat tube ornaments
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Bates/Hetchins hybrid, a Hetchins w/ Cantiflex tubes and Diadrant fork
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Brake Mounts, how to get old (27") brakes to reach new (622) rims
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Pre-War, Latin Series, and Modern
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see also Specialities TA (below)
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Copycats (known fakes and replicas) |
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Stays (incl. curly, Hellenic, fastback, shot-in) |
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Fake Hetchins (see also Fraud, Internet) |
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For sale, used (this page no longer updated) |
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Pre-War, Latin Series, and Modern
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History & Production |
Early History by John Liffen |
Letter from Eddie Cook further to early history |
Middle History by Hugh O'Neill |
Subsequent History |
Paul Hetchin Remembers, Alf's son reveals a side of his father customers would not have seen |
History of Lug Production & Design Methods (pdf file) |
Interview With Ken Janes, former Hetchins employee & lug cutter |
Original Owner Documentation Sample
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Typical Frame Builder's Card |
Typical Weekly Timecards for Builders |
Yearly Production Figures |
How to Photograph a Bicycle (do's and don'ts) |
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
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Frame (Serial) Numbers
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On Dating Very Early Hetchins
how we do it (pdf file) |
Original Owner Documentation Sample
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Quick Model Identifier
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Introduction, what this web site is all about
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Jarvis, Trevor: please visit TJ Cycles
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Jarvis, Trevor: on lug cutting
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Jarvis, Trevor: his own Flying Gate
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Jarvis, Trevor: Flying Bat (Flying Gate/Bates hybrid)
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Jarvis, Trevor: Flying Gate w/e 2015
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Jerseys, see Accessories |
Ledgers: extant original shop documentation
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Legal notices: copyright, disclaimer, and who is responsible
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L'Eroica, Hetchins ridden at, a grand vintage cycling event |
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 |
Other Marques: please visit Classic Lightweights
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Carlton Jewel |
Condor Superbe |
Condor WBH No.1 |
Roy Cottingham |
Bob Jackson special order |
Bob Jackson Super Legend |
Bob Jackson trekking |
Trevor Jarvis Flying Gate
See also Jarvis, Trevor (above)
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W.B. Hurlow |
Ken Janes |
Paint 1935-1959, typical color schemes (for period-correct restorations)
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Paint 1960-1999, typical color schemes (for period-correct restorations)
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Paint 2000 to present, currently available color schemes
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Prices for used Hetchins, current market rates USA and UK
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Racing Heritage |
Rare Models |
Restoring a Hetchins |
Appropriate Equipment for Restoring a Hetchins, 1950 to 1969
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Visit to Argos, classic cycle renovators in Bristol, UK
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When to, when not to
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Saddles from the photo archive |
Sleeping Beauties from the photo archive |
Specialities TA (components) |
see also Components (what kit to put on a Hetchins) (above)
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Special edition frames, special order frames |
Special Features |
Accessories
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Book Review: The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles
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Book Review: The Competition Bicycle, A Photographic History
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Book Review: It's All About The Bike, the pursuit of happiness on two wheels
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Book Review: Racing Bicycles, 100 Years of Steel
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Book Review: 1001 Bicycles to Ride Before You Die
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Fixed wheel bikes from the photo archive
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Hetchins Weekend Annual Event, Retrospective
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Hyman Hetchin's Hetchins
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The Editor's Hetchins
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David Miller's Hetchins
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Paul Riley's Hetchins (Paul is Hetchin's frame builder)
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Mrs. Riley's Hetchins (wife of Hetchin's frame builder)
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Donald Thomas's Hetchins (former owner/manager, Jackson Cycles)
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Original Patent |
Saddles from the photo archive |
Sleeping Beauties from the photo archive |
Transfers |
Calligraphy
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Coronation Down Tube
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Fairground Down Tube & Script Down Tube
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Head & Seat Tube Crests
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Pre-War transfers
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Six-Day transfers
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Tribute frames
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Alistair Rickett tribute frame
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D.J. Vines tribute frame
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Various Models, The |
Wanted Used, this feature is no longer available |
What's New, latest update |
What is a genuine Hetchins? definition |