Hetchins Magnus Bonum Six-Days Curly Classic Roadbike

Hetchins bikes are amongst the most wanted classic lightweights out there. Partly because of their distinctive frame designs often with opulent ornamental lugwork and curly rear stays, partly also due to their excellent riding characteristics.
In the 1920s Hyman Hetchin, a Russian jew who fled to England after the Revolution of 1917, founded a shop in London where he also sold bikes. When he met framebuilder Jack Denny who had experimented with an innovative design involving curved stays, he saw the potential of his work. Both teamed up and patented the design in 1934. The partnership soon brought rewards in the form of Olympic and World's Championship victories in 1936 and sales increased until WW2.
Apart from the patented curly (or "vibrant") stays, Hetchin's frames were (and still are) known for ornate, and often hand-cut, lugwork. Other design innovations are attributed to Hetchin/Denny, such as a fluted seat tube on six-day racers (this brings the rear wheel closer to the seat tube than on conventional bicycle frames, shortening the wheelbase).
Our Hetchins Magnus Bonum Six-Days Curly Classic Roadbike shows all of the special features mentioned above and which you would wish for. The frame seems to stem from the 1960s and is an interesting mixture of touring bike and racer. The long dropouts allow for a long wheelbase for touring and a short wheelbase for racing, too, which is also enhanced by the fluted seat stay.
The gearing is exceptionally suitable for rides in a hilly terrain which, of course, includes Eroica rides. An extraordinary bike!