Rick wrote:
> eBay: http://easyurl.net/Hetchins_Spyder
Odd. It's a pretty bike, but there are some things about this
description that strike me as odd. For one, wooden rims in 1972? I was
racing in 1972, and I certainly never saw anyone with wooden rims. As
close to it we had were the Scheeren (sp?) Weltmeister rims with balsa
wood to hold the rim's shape at the spoke holes.
On the other hand, bladed spokes were also not around in '72. So these
wheels seem to be a mix of eras.
The one-bolt seatpost was also later, and I don't think it was a track
part. The pedals are at least within the timeframe (barely), but are
road pedals.
For a bike that was "ridden once at the World Championships", why would
the fork be drilled for a brake?
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