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Old 06-22-11, 04:16 PM
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Daveyates
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This bike was bought on Ebay and it was mislabeled as a "Heta" titanium bike.
The Heta really confused me and after lots of investigating i didn't come up with anything.
The photo wasn't great but i saw it was aluminium and thought it was a Vitus frame.
I saw that the bike was without bidders the first time around because the seller didn't say that he would be willing to ship the bike.
So i decided to take a gamble and made him an offer to end the auction. The offer was below his asking price but it was a fair offer considering it was the second time listed on Ebay. When i arrived to collect the bike i saw it had a frame pump and the pump's make was HETA , hence he thought the bike was called an HETA.
I saw the alan engraving on the headtube and had a little smile to myself.

I took it to the bike shop today to be weighed and it is 9.4 kilos.

Also i took it on an alleycat race around Paris tonight and the bike rode amazingly.
When you stand and pump the pedals hard it has an amazing flex that is very fluid with with you and feels superb.
It feels very natural how the bike moves with your pedaling.
I'm really impressed with this bike!
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