Frameset - 09

TYPE:
12 speed - "lightweight" road / race type - 1977 model Prestige - serial number 272162 ... [The 1977 M.S.R.P. for a Mondia Super in factory original state was $860 USD - but that model was not equipped with either a Campagnolo Record brakeset or bar end shifters (...to add those as seen here, it would have cost an additional minimum of $60 and $10 respectively). For purposes of perspective, those figures would equate to base retail prices of approximately $3021 USD for the Super or $3267 USD for the Prestige to include those extra Campy options - both numbers cited having been cost adjusted for inflation using a benchmark of 2008 dollars.]

SIZE:
60 cm : 600 mm (physical seat tube C-t-T) - 590 mm (physical top tube C-t-C) - 420 mm (chainstay) - 105 cm (wheelbase) - xx mm (bottom bracket height) - xx mm (bottom bracket drop) - 33.50 inches (standover height with 700c wheelset) - xx mm (trail) - 45 degree (fork rake) - 73.5 degree (head tube angle) - 73.5 degree (seat tube angle)

COLOR:
Translucent Black Smoke over full chrome plating (something very similar to an Italian cromovelato finish) with protective clear coat : White accent pinstriping around all frame lugs and fork crown : stylized Red and White pinstriping along top tube, down tube, rear chain stays and seat stays, as well as on the outer facings of the front fork blades ... [Correct and original, with acknowledgement of my having performed a bit of careful paint touch-up work.]

BADGING:
Hexagon shaped metallic head badge with "Super Mondia" script intersecting a stylized rising sun (head tube) - individually die cut "MONDIA" water slide decal(s) in White with Gold outline (right & left sides down tube) - individually die cut "MONDIA" water slide decal(s) in Red with Black outline and Gold drop shadow (right & left sides seat tube) - two water slide CdM ring decals with "MONDIA" and "Switzerland" - water slide decal denoting "Made in Switzerland" (seat tube) - 1975 to 1977 Reynolds 531 frameset rectangular dry transfer decal (seat tube) - 1975 to 1977 Reynolds 531 triangular dry transfer decal (right & left fork blades) : all decals and transfers applied underneath protective clear coat other than the Reynolds frame and fork decals as well as the "Made in Switzerland" seat tube decal ... [Correct and original, with the exceptions of the Reynolds 531 decal on the seat tube which is correct as original after having been replaced with an NOS version of same, and the Red with Black outline and Gold shadow "MONDIA" decals appearing either side of the exposed chrome center section of the seat tube as these are reproductions of my own creation based upon remnants of the dilapidated originals.]

FRAME:
Reynolds 531 double-butted manganese-molybdenum alloy steel tubing - French metric sized tube set (26 mm top tube / 28 mm down tube and seat tube) - exposed chrome plating on center section of seat tube - exposed chrome plating on trailing 1/3 of rear chain and seat stays - wrap around seat stays - Nervex Professional model 49/162 lugs (chrome plated head lugs) with 68 mm Bocama Professional bottom bracket shell - 35 mm x 1 mm (25.4 TPI) French threaded bottom bracket shell (non-drive side - right threading / drive side - also right threading) - braze-on right side top tube brake cable guides / shift lever stop underneath the down tube / derailleur cable guides on top of the bottom bracket shell / down tube water bottle mount / right rear stay derailleur cable stop - chrome plated Campagnolo model 1010 forged long horizontal rear dropouts with rack eyelets / standard 10 mm x 26 TPI threaded derailleur hanger and locating notch / spring tensioned adjustment screws - 122 mm dropout spacing ... [Correct and original.]

FORK:
Reynolds 531 double-butted manganese-molybdenum alloy steel - 25 mm x 1 mm (25.4 TPI) French threaded steer tube - exposed chrome plating on lower 1/3 of the forks - chrome plated Bocama Super Luxe semi sloping investment cast fork crown (...marked BCM along its backside) with Mondia logos cast into both sides of the shoulder - chrome plated Campagnolo model 1010 forged dropouts with rack eyelets - 100 mm dropout spacing ... [Correct and original.]