Well, I have a pair of HF Record hubs and quill pedals, so if you want to swing me the rest of a NR/SR gruppo feel free. I’ll manage to deal with the shoddy shifting.
Just winding you up 
We know that Suntour stuff is Superbe and eats Campy for breakfast. Think of it as a compliment 
NEVER
awsome bike great find
Take a good look, because it’ll never look like this again. Stay tuned for the completed build shots.
Teaser:
Wow
cannot see!
Hell, this looks amazing already.
Paint looks something else, looking forward to the finer details of this build.
Also thanks for the test ride on the Rawland the other day too, did enjoy.
Blakey that looks ‘Superb’ ! Def want to see more…
If the original Perth owner is still around I’m sure he would love to see how its progressed and what the finished project looks like. As would I.
I’d read a couple of things recently about Hetchins frames (‘Hetchinses’??) and their wavy stays, didn’t realise they had that amount of bend on them!
Lovely lovely lovely.
My vote for geared bike of the year.
And here we go:
Photoset: Restored Hetchins 531 - Suntour Superbe - a set on Flickr (Many thanks to Andy White for the studio shots)
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So nice, good to see it together and shining at last. Do a skid.
Yeah it’s alright, I guess…if you like that sort of thing…dribble, drool
definitely need a geared BOTY.
This would have made an excellent conversion. What a wasted opportunity.
Dude! It is a conversion!
It was built with track ends in the 40s/50s and converted to road ends in the 80s.
I stand corrected!
But honestly, it is a lovely bicycle machine.