Hetchins track bicycle (c.1963; Tottenham, London; #H3255)
A blue frame of Reynolds 531 tubing, with Mountain King long-point lugs,
twin-plate fork crown, "Star of David" seat lug pinstriping,
and special hand-painted "American Flag" on a 53cm seat tube.
The kit includes Campagnolo Record crankset, pedals and seatpin,
Cinelli badged stem, Ambrosio Champion handlebars,
BH Airlite hubset, Mavic Professional rims, Brooks Swallow saddle.
Certainly one of the finest cycles we've seen all year,
this was brought in by Steve Klein, encrusted with ice and snow,
after he scored it from an old timer at Kissena Velodrome.
More Hetchins at Delroy Walter's track bike, a copycat Magnum Bogus,
the virtual museum at Historic Hetchins,
and Classic Redezvous' Hetchins archive.
Continuing today by David Miller in Preston, Lancashire,
imported to USA by World Class Cycles.
