1987 Magnum Bonum catalog frame |
Magnum Bonum
This 22 ½" vibrant Magnum Bonum was one of two made specifically for the 1987 Hetchins catalog; they have sequential serial numbers. Click here to see the other one. The frames have no braze-ons, as this gives a neater appearance for catalog photographs. This frame represents a transition period in Hetchins lug design; the earlier Mag. Opus and Mag. Bonum models were being re-designed, and these frames were the prototypes or catalog frames for the newly re-designed Mag. Bonum. For similar transition-period Mag. Opuses, see 1986 MO and
1987 MO pair. By the time the catalog went to press, the new Mag. Bonum had been replaced by the Scorpion Bonum; in the event, this frame did not appear in the catalog at all and this design did not go into production.
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