Very nice bike.... beautiful finish ! Who did it? That Head Badge is in GREAT condition! I'm eager to hear how you like the ride. Compared to your Treks and japanese bikes ?? I enjoyed some of the other shots of your bike on your blog.
I've been building up a Mondia Special... and now I'm down to choosing the proper set of bars and building up the wheels.
I think I'm remiss in not posting to the list an update on Decals for the early Mondia Specials. After checking Greg S's website, and not finding the proper set, a list member alerted me that VeloCals had come out with a set - so I ordered them up. The DT graphic was super... but the ST graphic was the much smaller lettering, which was used on some Super models. And the ST colored bands were also not original. The owner of VeloCals (who bought out Michael S's business and stock) was very helpful and responive - I sent him the spec on the size needed, and he sent me a new set right away. [http://www.velocals.com/servlet/StoreFront ] [[ no connection ]]
See the third and sixth shot for a look at the frame after the new
decals were applied:
http://www-hsc.usc.edu/
Good riding that beauty... !
Rich Pinder Sherman Oaks, CA
Jay Roberts wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been a CR subscriber on and off, last signoff around 2002 when I
> sold the last of my vintage Italian steel. I continued to be sort of
> a BOBish rider w/old Treks & Japanese steel, which recently seem to
> have become less redolent of the garage sale, if not the trash heap,
> than they formerly were.
>
> In any event, one CR-ish thing I kept was an old Mondia Special frame
> (55 cm, 26.4mm seatpost) acquired in a long ago trade and which I just
> finished resurrecting. For the "Mondia Maven", serial #165718.
> Reynolds 531 DB, Nervex Pro lugs, including BB. Chromed head lugs,
> fork crown, fork lowers, seat/chain stays, and seat tube panel.
> Original color was red, no fade color, off-white lug lining. The red
> paint did fade into the chrome stays and fork lowers. The entire
> bike, including the chrome, had some sort of rather soft clear coat -
> don't know if this was from the factory, but it preserved the chrome
> in factory fresh condition.
>
> Here are a couple of shots of the resurrected bike:
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> Decals are from a later Mondia Special, esp. the downtube, which
> originally had "Mondia Special" with the Special in script as often
> seen elsewhere. I acquired this as a bare frame + headset & bottom
> bracket. Headset (French) was Campy Record <C> - it still mortifies
> me to admit that this was accidentally discarded some years ago, got
> mixed into a junk bag by accident. The bottom bracket was a French
> threaded Suntour Cyclone, obviously not original. The current build
> is a mix of mostly vintage Italian & Japanese parts. I am looking for
> a quality 26.4mm fluted 2-bolt seatpost to replace the currently
> installed single bolt one.
>
> Jay Roberts
> Silver Spring, Maryland
> USA
> http://nihonmaru.blogspot.com