Do you like the way see looks now? Ride her first then, if you still
like her and want the new paint,consider it.Not blasphemy, just Mondia.
1) if I remember right,french can not be rethreaded. Period.
2)Get the Phil and be done with it. Those boys have tapers to fit
everything. Campagnolo bb cups MIGHT work w/zeus even dura ace (forgive me)
but why bother? What kind of cranks?
3)See "3"
4)Just treat the frame with Peter Weigle's "Frame Saver" If you don't ride
in the rain tons, you will be ok for@ 10 -15 years.
Whatever you do ,ride her lots and enjoy.
ciao,
JohnT.Pergolizzi
N.Y.C.
> Hi,
>
> Thought I'd come out of lurk mode w/a couple of questions. I recently
> acquired a 1970 Mondia Super frameset. I had been looking around for an
old
> 531 frame to build up as a randonneur/sport tourer. Part of this plan was
> to paint it a certain color, etc, w/no regard to decals, etc. Anyhow,
since
> acquiring this, I'm wondering whether I should rather just restore the
> existing paint/decals, since these and the chrome plating are in terrific
> shape. I guess I'm a little worried that me stripping this down and
> repainting it could be an act of defacement perpetrated by an uninformed
> boob. I know that this is not a sought after nor collectible item, but
> still, my spidey senses are tingling a little. Opinions?
>
> A couple of other questions:
>
> 1) BB is French threaded. Given the limited choices for French BB's, is
it
> a good idea to get this reamed and rethreaded Italian so I can have
greater
> latitude in BB selection? How much does something like this cost? Who
can
> do this reliably?
>
> 2) Real dumb question: I see the occasional NOS/Used Campy French BB (in
> addition to new Phil Wood or TA). Will these only accept a Campy spindle?
>
> 3) What do people think of/have experience with TA loose ball BB?
>
> 4) BB has no drain hole/opening - is it a good idea to create one? Frame
> is fully chrome plated, as far as I can tell.
>
> Probably more to come later. Appreciate any comments on these.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jay