> Was the Mondia available widely in the 70's? I don't remember seeing them in central Kentucky and have not a clue where the best hunting is.
Mondias show up here and there around KC. And sometimes mighty minty.
I got my well used 61cm Mondia here in Kansas City 5 years ago The beat-up Orange/White-&-handstriped is still my most freakuent choice when it's not raining. Not a lot of fender margin with the large Vittoria Randonneurs .
My blue one was a local find, too.
There was a bike shop here in the early 70's at Crown Center downtown. Bob Watts was the owner? I knew the guy but at the moment the banks are blank. I hope Sarah will correct the name for me. He died about a year or two back after many years of cycling-advocacy.
He told me he carried Mondias and Moultons and I don't know what else.
Check w/Sarah & Christy at Acme Bicycles.
Or Mark Pace at Pace Bicycle Heaven over in Independence Missouri.
Or Bob at MidTown Cyclery
Or Chris & Jason at Bicycle Shack
Those are the main shops (as far as I know) that trade in used classic bicycles.
Calvert Guthrie
Kansas City