Mondonico Frames: new old stock and beautiful used frames & a new steel threaded fork
We have a few new frames built by Antonio and Mauro Mondonico in the late 1990s and early 2000s. These frames were built by the masters in their small shop in Concrezzo, Italy. These are steel frames with an extraordinary ride that possess a beauty that only Italian masters can bring to their art.
Mondonico pinned many of his joints to hold the tubes in place before brazing the frame rather than tack-brazing them. This meant the tubes were each heated only once. It's far more time consumming, but he was building Mondonicos. Below is a picture of a Richard Sachs frame being built with his pins in place.
You can see the joint pinned and ready for brazing. After brazing the pins are cut flush and filed smooth.
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To jump straight to frame geometry | the frames we have for sale | Steel threaded fork | Mondonico decals | Columbus Tubing SLX explanatory ad
If you'd like to know more about these wonderful artists, here's the story.
And here's a photo gallery and history of this remarkable framebuilding shop
Geometry for Mondonico stock frames. Custom frames can deviate from these specs.
Measurements for seat tube and top tube are center-to-center
| Frame size | Head tube | Seat tube | Top tube | Chain stay |
| 48 cm | 72° | 76.5° | 51.5 cm | 40.5 cm |
| 50 | 72 | 75 | 53 | 40.5 |
| 52 | 72.5 | 75 | 53.5 | 40.7 |
| 53 | 72.5 | 74.5 | 54 | 40.7 |
| 54 | 73 | 74.5 | 54.5 | 40.7 |
| 55 | 73 | 74 | 55.5 | 40.7 |
| 56 | 73 | 74 | 56 | 40.7 |
| 57 | 73.5 | 73.5 | 57 | 40.7 |
| 58 | 74 | 73.5 | 57.5 | 41.3 |
| 60 | 74.5 | 73.5 | 59 | 41.3 |
| 62 | 75 | 72 | 60.3 | 41.4 |
| 64 | 75.5 | 72 | 61.5 | 41.4 |
Mondonico women's geometry:
Stand-over is the distance from the top of the top tube from the ground
| Frame size | Head tube | Seat tube | Top tube | Stand-over |
| 48 cm | 70.5° | 76.5° | 51.5 cm | 74.5 cm |
| 50 | 70.5 | 75 | 53 | 76.5 |
| 52 | 71.5 | 75 | 53.5 | 78.5 |
| 54 | 73 | 74.5 | 53.5 | 80.5 |
Mondonico Frames on this page (in size order): 54cm Spirit | 55cm Nemo 70th Anniversary | 56cm Ultrafoco | 60cm Airplane w/carbon monostay | 61cm Foco Final World Tour | 64cm Futura Leggero blue
Mondonico decals: decals
When Antonio & Mauro Mondonico came to the shop in 2005 on their last tour of the US to measure clients for custom frames, we had him sign our Mondonico T-shirts. This one is mine but we still have a few for sale listed here.
Here's the photo of a Mondonico EL-OS that was used in several of Torelli Imports' ads as well as the Mondonico brochure.
Mondonico 54 cm Spirit. $2,300.00/frame only.
54cm seat tube x 55.5cm top tube
Head tube is 130mm
Spirit tubing is drawn using Columbus' most advanced steel alloy, Niobium. With Columbus Spirit tubing, a frame can be made out of steel that is marginally heavier than aluminum, yet has the lively springy feel of steel. The top tube is drawn to only 0.45 mm in the unbutted section and the seat tube is just 0.4 mm thick in much of its length. This frame was one of the last frames Antonio and Mauro Mondonico built.
Mondonico 54cm Spirit bike painted a beautiful cream color in the U.S. with Dupont Imron.
Head tube view
Rear view showing investment-cast rear vertical dropouts
Mondonico 54 cm Spirit seat tube showing tubing decal
Mondonico 55cm 70th Anniversary Nemo tubing tubing frameset. $2,999.00 frame and fork
w/ Silca pump painted to match and Campagnolo steel pump head
- Number 56 of 70 built
- 55cm seat tube x 55cm top tube
This frame is built with the original Columbus Nemo tubing that came out in 1996. Nemo is made from Columbus' Nivacrome steel alloy. Nemo is much like the classic Columbus EL-OS tubing. The center sections are drawn down to 0.4mm wall thickness and 0.7mm at the butts, as are the double-butted chainstays and seatstays.
The differences are in the details. The butted sections of Nemo tubing ends are not only shorter, they are asymmetrical, having been designed to have all unnecessary material removed that is not needed for performance. Nemo butts are also slightly thinner than EL-OS butts, but Columbus does not give the wall thicknesses of the Nemo butts. The difference in wall thicknesses of the butts is probably very small.
Mondonico 70th Anniversary 55 cm frameset
Detail showing number 56 of 70 built along with fillet-brazed fast-back seat stays and Nemo Nivacome tubing decal
56cm Mondonico Columbus Ultrafoco frame
56cm seat tube x 56cm top tube
Frame only, $4,545. A fork would be $450. Of course, the are many options when deciding how to build up this lovely work of art. Give us a call.
Side view of this masterpiece of the framebuilder's art
Rear view. Note the investment-cast dropouts and bottom bracket shell
Head tube view.
View of the seat tube cluster, highlighting the beautiful paint scheme
60mm Mondonico Columbus Airplane with Carve carbon monostay
60cm seat tube x 59.5cm top tube
Frame: $1,749.99
This frame is built with Columbus' advanced 7000 series Aluminum tubing. Columbus has designed each tube's shape to optimize both stiffness and comfort. The Columbus Carve monostay makes this an especially lightweight and good feeling racing frame.
The chainstay has been polished rather than painted. Changing a wheel won't scratch the paint.
Seat tube detail showing the curved carbon stays and the Columbus Airplane tubing decal
Head tube close up. You can see the special top and down tube profiles.
Rear view showing the Columbus "Carve" carbon fiber monostay
61cm Mondonico Columbus FOCO 2005 Final World Tour signed frame
61cm seat tube x 60cm top tube
Frame: $2,499, Fork: $399
A special note about this frame:
Upon receiving the frame, a defect was discovered in the derailleur hanger. These things happen. In the process of performing the repair and re-plating, the plater ruined the chainstays. We ordered a set of Foco chainstays from Columbus in Italy and had the chainstays replaced one of America’s premier builders, Russ Denny.
While Mr. Denny doesn’t used the pinning method, his work is world class. We know you'll love this frame.
Generous chrome makes this masterpiece a standout
Special World Tour head tube art
Seat tube with special World Tour decal
Seat tube and bottom bracket close-up
Mondonico 64cm Blue Futura Leggero with Reynold Ouzo Comp carbon fork
Frame: $1,179.00; Reynold Ouzo Comp carbon fork: $350.00
- 64cm seat tube x 61 cm top tube
- Head tube is 207mm.
- Built with the Torelli/Columbus Nemo tubeset made specifically for large frames. This tubing was designed in partnership with Columbus for a high-performance/cost effective frame. In bigger frames the three main tubes are EL-OS with the stays and fork blades made of Columbus Brain tubing.
- We have performed the Frame Saver rust protection service to this frame, which is included at no extra charge.
Mondonico 64cm Futura Leggero with Reynold Ouzo Comp carbon fork
Seat tube close up showing fillet-brazed fastback seatstay and Nicacrom Nemo tubing decal
Mondonico frame & fork blue decal set. New, $50.00/set
- We still have 12 sets of Italian-made Mondonico decals
- The set includes: decals for the down tube, seat tube, fork blades, seat stays, and chain stays. The Mondonico signature decals are in two colors and the "Hand Made" decal is in Italian colors.
- Please note that these are basically blue decal sets. We do not have other colors than what are shown.
- The blue letters have gold keylines.
- We do not have any head tube badge decals and the decal sets we have for sale do not include them.
Here are most of the decals that are in the set. The "Made in Italy" decals didn't make the picture.
And since the Mondonico family had such a close relationship with Columbus tubing, here's vintage Columbus SLX tubing ad:
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