tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1616352146752059699.post2065208779990784352..comments2023-06-08T10:41:37.864-04:00Comments on CYCLING WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION: "Our idols and demons will persue us until we learn to let them go.."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1616352146752059699.post-45606053976512234422010-04-16T11:59:35.688-04:002010-04-16T11:59:35.688-04:00i wonder if hetchins will cry now that maddefackin...i wonder if hetchins will cry now that maddefacking brian baylis has produced a curly stayed machine. see picture no. 3 on this page: http://www.velocult.com/index.php/blog/post/an_diego_custom_bicycle_show_2010_bike_photosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1616352146752059699.post-9066075128546388492009-09-21T17:49:33.905-04:002009-09-21T17:49:33.905-04:00crazy. it is odd that they would critique your cur...crazy. it is odd that they would critique your curved seat tube since their own trademark curly stays serve no purpose other than to look pretty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1616352146752059699.post-31739896519318317732009-07-23T07:45:16.007-04:002009-07-23T07:45:16.007-04:00I don't think its an attack on your design, ra...I don't think its an attack on your design, rather that Hetchins have their own way of doing things, and more than likely your bike has spurred a host of people to ask for one like yours which they out of pride would not bow to.<br /><br />Hetchins will never set the world alight in any modern sense and I guess this is their way of protecting what they have going for them, and that is making the good ol fashioned bikes the same way they used to in their heyday. <br /><br />Granted the same ol chaps aren't building them sadly. <br /><br />Whatever, I love your bike, I wasn't brought up in that era and yours blends a lovely mix of old and new ideas to combine into a lovely project favoured by the new school.<br /><br />I have the same approach to my own bikes and they roll faster, smoother and far more enjoyably and effortlessly than any of the real classics, so the oldies can die hard on their mechanical stubborness while I make them feel old riding off into the distance!<br /><br />After all its a Cycling WEAPON of Mass Destruction.<br /><br />JJimi Hutchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12644443617673624088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1616352146752059699.post-61293385162791500772009-07-22T17:37:34.103-04:002009-07-22T17:37:34.103-04:00SeveM - Thanks for that info and link man! Not bei...SeveM - Thanks for that info and link man! Not being a drinker means things of that nature escape me more often than not..<br /><br />Simon - Good point man! I'm def not a big fan of replicas. Which is another reason why I didn't build up a fake 'Hetchins Bogus' or something..Alan Sikirićhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08692058201046879571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1616352146752059699.post-21066930985286753262009-07-22T16:15:56.430-04:002009-07-22T16:15:56.430-04:00yeah, since when did a TRIBUTE have to be a REPLIC...yeah, since when did a TRIBUTE have to be a REPLICA anyway...ssfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799003021147099284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1616352146752059699.post-18358089209062407472009-07-22T15:42:15.395-04:002009-07-22T15:42:15.395-04:00Champagne IS made by blending different white wine...Champagne IS made by blending different white wines... As said on this page (https://www.champagnegallery.com.au/champagne-science/vinification/vintage-champagne-production/)<br /><br />the blender will seek balance, complexity and where the whole is greater than the sum of the partsSeveMnoreply@blogger.com