$50. Super Mondia, Finished.
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$50. Super Mondia, Finished.
Some of you guys remember the $50. Super Mondia i scored a while back. It was in need of a few items and some fine tuning. Here it is finished wearing the original Univesal 77 brake set.
11-06-11, 07:45 PM
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Absolutely beautiful bike. Well scored.
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Nice!
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The replacement Mondia seattube decals look excellent - how are they in comparison to the originals in scale?
Nice job on the o-rings
-Kurt
Nice job on the o-rings
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Very tasty! The Super Mondia is a great bike, and fifty clams is just obscene!
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those old black and tan contis always look great on a black bike with lots of shiny aluminum parts. good job,
it's rare to see clamp-on downtube shifters with a toptube designed for an internal rear brake cable. is that original?
it's rare to see clamp-on downtube shifters with a toptube designed for an internal rear brake cable. is that original?
11-07-11, 12:43 AM
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Very classy looking ride, especially like the high flange hubs and internal cable routing.
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The decals are the exact same size, color and font as the originals. In fact I was able to put them in the same place, the originals left kind of a ghost image of where they were. The O-rings are perfect in size, how many do you need?
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11-07-11, 03:55 AM
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This is a 1982 Mondia which is when they started with internal brake cable routing, with clamp on shifter mounts. By 1983 they had Braze on shifter mounts.
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I took it for a good shake down ride on Sunday. Very comfortable, solid feeling, easy to get up to speed, and loves to go fast. The brakes work great, shifts wonderfully, and you can ride hands off, definitely a keeper.
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Well done! What a beautiful bicycle.
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very nice. i like it a lot.
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I'm pretty sure I'm set on o-rings; never gave it any thought, really. I can't think of any brake caliper I own without them. Thanks for the offer though, Mike.
FYI, if you've got some time today, I'll drop by with the completed Superior.
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Good to know. That ghosting is from the clearcoat - the originals took the thin clear with it. I dare say the modern decals - just by being a bit thicker than the original ink transfers - probably make up the fractional difference in paint height.
I'm pretty sure I'm set on o-rings; never gave it any thought, really. I can't think of any brake caliper I own without them. Thanks for the offer though, Mike.
FYI, if you've got some time today, I'll drop by with the completed Superior.
-Kurt
I'm pretty sure I'm set on o-rings; never gave it any thought, really. I can't think of any brake caliper I own without them. Thanks for the offer though, Mike.
FYI, if you've got some time today, I'll drop by with the completed Superior.
-Kurt
11-07-11, 03:08 PM
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Very nice.
I'll give you $75 now that she's all cleaned up....
I'll give you $75 now that she's all cleaned up....
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