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Underneath this awful photo looks to be something very interesting. Another find for Sydney forumites to save!

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/kogarah ... ved_search

feelthewheel wrote:Someone needs to save this genuine track bike fast from the hipsters ........

Someone looking at it tonight if they don’t pay full price I will , but that’s a steal.

Campy corkscrew: https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/claremo ... 1190627380

Seems a real bargain for anyone in Adelaide:

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/adelaid ... 1190879069

feelthewheel wrote:Seems a real bargain for anyone in Adelaide:

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/adelaid ... 1190879069

I can confirm that this was a bargain. For once I was in the right place at the right time!

Neil Cycle Works Coburg, fixies built like no other..



https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/pascoe- ... 1191089653

dropout


seat cluster


Went bust around 1941

While definately not a Malvern Star, not sure what lurks underneath this pretty worn road bike:

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/liverpo ... ved_search

It’s got the right stickers.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3097829823

bychosis wrote:It’s got the right stickers.

Ah that very rare model Colnago with the dept store bike style pressed steel axle mounted derailleur hanger.

Nice Hopkins with campy kit at a fair price.

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/brighton ... ios_social

(Nothing to do with me, just sharing)

Everything I hate about powdercoat. So much hate.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Hetchins-Vi ... SwcWpbiHwg

feelthewheel wrote:Everything I hate about powdercoat. So much hate.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Hetchins-Vi ... SwcWpbiHwg

Out of interest, how did you pick it for powdercoating? As usual the photographs flatter the paintwork but to me it it could be two-pack or enamel. Admittedly the faults that are mentioned in the description do sound like what you get with poor powdercoating.

If it is powdercoated they have got buckleys of getting what he's asking. Lucky to get half that.

Richard

+1 how is it identifiable as powdercoating?

feelthewheel wrote:Everything I hate about powdercoat. So much hate.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Hetchins-Vi ... SwcWpbiHwg

He's also got a nice Cinelli Super Corsa

MichaelB wrote:He's also got a nice Cinelli Super Corsa

*wipes drool from chin*

Not to mention a Paconi track frame, which is not just straight, but "very straight".

WyvernRH wrote:

feelthewheel wrote:Everything I hate about powdercoat. So much hate.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Hetchins-Vi ... SwcWpbiHwg

Out of interest, how did you pick it for powdercoating? As usual the photographs flatter the paintwork but to me it it could be two-pack or enamel. Admittedly the faults that are mentioned in the description do sound like what you get with poor powdercoating.

If it is powdercoated they have got buckleys of getting what he's asking. Lucky to get half that.

Richard

The giveaway is the photo of the rear dropouts, dripping/streaking from stays, applied way too thick and with that ultra-high gloss that powdercoating has.

feelthewheel wrote:

WyvernRH wrote:

feelthewheel wrote:Everything I hate about powdercoat. So much hate.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Hetchins-Vi ... SwcWpbiHwg

.....

If it is powdercoated they have got buckleys of getting what he's asking. Lucky to get half that.

Richard

The giveaway is the photo of the rear dropouts, dripping/streaking from stays, applied way too thick and with that ultra-high gloss that powdercoating has.

What silly muppet thought it was a good idea to powder-coat a Hetchins ?

You know you won't scratch it first time out...

Mercians don't come up for sale all that often: https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/maleny/ ... 1194763398

P!N20 wrote:Mercians don't come up for sale all that often: https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/maleny/ ... 1194763398

probably a bit ambitious $-wise for a fixie-converted tourer....

10speedsemiracer wrote:probably a bit ambitious $-wise for a fixie-converted tourer....

I didn't think it was too bad - all braze-ons are still there and the parts look to be of reasonable quality, albeit not period correct.

The only thing letting it down for me was the fork doesn't look original...and it's not my size.

P!N20 wrote:

10speedsemiracer wrote:probably a bit ambitious $-wise for a fixie-converted tourer....

I didn't think it was too bad - all braze-ons are still there and the parts look to be of reasonable quality, albeit not period correct.

The only thing letting it down for me was the fork doesn't look original...and it's not my size.

Fork definitely not original, and I think may be one of those 'photograph better than it really is' scenarios.

MichaelB wrote:

feelthewheel wrote:Everything I hate about powdercoat. So much hate.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Hetchins-Vi ... SwcWpbiHwg

He's also got a nice Cinelli Super Corsa

Sold for $1,525 in the end.

MichaelB wrote:

MichaelB wrote:

feelthewheel wrote:Everything I hate about powdercoat. So much hate.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Hetchins-Vi ... SwcWpbiHwg

He's also got a nice Cinelli Super Corsa

Sold for $1,525 in the end.

Phew! For a minute I thought you meant some sad person had paid$1500 for the Hetchins!
Still reckon that is going to be hard to shift....

Richard

WyvernRH wrote:

MichaelB wrote:

MichaelB wrote:
He's also got a nice Cinelli Super Corsa

Sold for $1,525 in the end.

Phew! For a minute I thought you meant some sad person had paid$1500 for the Hetchins!
Still reckon that is going to be hard to shift....

Richard

But it now has 1 bid at $1,000. Call me skeptical but I am doubtful as to the legitimacy of that bid