Didn't all Mondias have that really weird Swiss threading? best, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Vancouver, B.C.
On Friday, Dec 16, 2005, at 08:52 US/Pacific, brianbaylis@juno.com
wrote:
My vote is maybe something like a Mondia or Jevela or some such thing. W
ithout a few photos it's really hard to venture a guess. There were a fe
> w French bikes also with numbers placed like that.
>
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
>
>
>
> -- "Tom Sanders" <tsan7759142@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I recently bought a bike that has apparently been re-decaled with
> entire
> ly
> different decals and is not what it appears to be.
> It has all '68 components on it, has French threading, chrome fork tips
> and
> perhaps most importantly the serial number is stamped quite noticeably
> (
> it's
> about 3 " long!) into the drive side of the seat tube, about an inch or
> so
> below the seat cluster lug. I have never seen such a strange placement
> for
> such a prominent number.
>
> Oddly enough it has a full set of apparently properly applied decals.
> T
> he
> decals are from Matt Assenmacher and he is stumped, too, as he is very
> fussy about letting them out.
> I asked a list member renowned for his knowledge of French bikes,
> even
>
> sending him pics and he is as stumped as I am. These are top line
> components on this bike, although it is a bit crudely made as was so
> oft
> en
> the case during this period. Nuovo Record, TTT Grand Prix stem and TTT
> bar,
> Universal Special 68 brakes, Fiamme red label tubular rims on Record HF
> hubs
> with butted spokes.
> Anyone want to take a guess? I have pictures for those who would like
> t
> o
> see it. Sadly, if I can't identify it soon, I'll be parting it out, as
> it
> is a bit too small for me and I can't be comfortable selling it if I
> don
> 't
> know what it is.
> Thanks all,
> Tom Sanders
> Lansing, Mi