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South Salem Cycleworks Museum:
Owner Michael Wolfe's 63cm Mondonico Spirit Fixed-Gear Bike
Owner Michael Wolfe's 63 cm Mondonico Columbus Spirit Fixed-Gear Bike
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The frameset:
- Made in Italy
- Columbus Spirit tubes, forged dropouts w/built in chain tensioners
- 70th Anniversario Mondonico Columbus fork
- Seat Tube 63cm
- Top Tube 610mm
- Head Tube 198mm
- Chainstay 42cm
- Wheelbase 1025cm
- Bottom Bracket Drop 7cm
- Weight as equipped 20.25lbs
- Serial# BT01 63
Components mounted on the frameset:
- 3T Record 13cm stem
- 3T Prima 199 handlebars, 44cm outside-to-outside
- RavX Stitch Wrap
- 3T Bar end caps
- Mavic 440 brake levers
- Campagnolo Record front double-pivot brake caliper
- Campagnolo Record 1” headset with grease ports
- Campagnolo C-Record seatpost
- Selle San Marco Titanium Regal Torelli embroidered saddle
- Louis Garneau seatbag
- Campagnolo C-Record 175mm crankset, 42t anodized black chainring
- Campagnolo Record track bottom bracket
- Time TBT Titan Magnesium pedals
- Curtis Odom hubs, Front 28-hole, Rear 32-hole
- Huret re-tapped wingnuts
- Front wheel: Mavic Open Pro rim, DT Revolution 15/17/15 gauge radial front with/DT 7005 alloy nipples
- Rear wheel: Mavic Open Pro rim, DT Revolution 15/17/15g 3X w/DT 7005 alloy nipples
- Surly Dingle Cog, 3/32”, 17/20tooth
- Wipperman Connex 9-speed 900 chain
- Vredestein Fortezza TriComp 700 x 23 tires
- Michelin Airstop presta valve tubes
- Rox Superdute rimstrips
- Silca Impero frame pump with Campagnolo steel head pump
- Elite Patao 74 Magnesium cages
About the bike:
See the story on my Jamis Sputnik to see why I got into riding fixed gear.
The Sputnik was so different, so enjoyable, I had this Mondonico built for me.
It truly wasn’t built by Antonio, as it was a “Mondonico approved” frame, built by a trusted friend of Antonio’s. Bill McGann, founder of Torelli Imports, had sold the business to Todd Linscott by this time. I ordered this track frame thinking it would be built to the geometry of my Mondonico road bikes, but when it arrived, I found the head tube to be much longer and the top tube much shorter. I was told that Antonio hadn’t kept any of his measurement charts when he retired, and the resulting frame was based on my height only.
I ordered a second frame, having taken measurements from my existing bikes and waited for this one to arrive.
It rides better than the Jamis, though the cost per level of pleasure is astronomical in difference. I can’t say that Spirit is a better ride than Foco, as those milliseconds spent coasting or shifting gears, allows one to assess the ride quality, and fixed gear riding does not allow those milliseconds to take place! Given the right weather conditions, it would be my first choice of my bikes to ride!
Photos of the 63 cm Mondonico Fixed-Gear Bike:
Side view of the bicycle
Front view
From behind
Closer view of the seat stay bridge
The cockpit
Cockpit side view
The cockpit, from above
The cockpit from behind, showing the Italian flag bar end plugs.
Head tube close-up
The Monodnico 70th Anniversary fork crown.
The rear dropouts with adjusters and the 17-20 tooth DingleCog/
Antonio Mondonico signature decal
Here's the other side of the seat cluster, showing the Campagnolo steel pump head.
The bike has a Titanium-railed Selle San Marco "Torelli" embroidered saddle.
The Torelli-embroidered Selle San Marco Rolls saddle with a Louis Garneau seat bag.
Side view of the Campagnolo seat post
The Columbus Spirit tubing decal
The "Hand Made" decal.
"il mio amore" decal on the chainstay
The Elite Patao 74 Magnesium water bottle cage.
The Campagnolo C-Record crankset
Close-up of the Campagnolo logo on the right crank arm.
One of the Time TBT Titan Magnesium pedals
The wheels are built with Curtis Odom hubs. Here's the front.
The front Curtis Odom hub from the side
And from above.
Here's the rear hub
The wheels are built with Mavic Open Pro Rims
One of the Vredestein Fortezza TriComp 700 x 23 tires
Another view of one of the Vredestein tires
We built the wheels on Curtis Odom hubs. Here is info on them:
Different hub styles
A Curtis Odom gear chart
A bit damp. A flood ride near the town of Buena Vista, south of Salem, Oregon
More of the flood ride.
Parked outside the Salem, Oregon stage capitol building.
Saying a prayer at the cemetery
And for a fun close, here is a bit of Mondonico box sealing tape.
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