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Mondonico Bike & Frame Photo Gallery

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About Antonio Mondonico:

In 1983 I (Torelli Imports) became Antonio Mondonico's American distributor. From the day we started working together until the shop was closed in early 2006, working with the Mondonico family was one of my greatest professional joys.

Antonio and his son Mauro made sure each frame had both beautiful workmanship and exquisite handling. Selling them was easy. But, the dollar's devaluation in the mid-2000s which required a substantial increase in the price of Mondonico frames, and the world's preference for carbon frames instead of hand-made steel works of art forced the Mondonico family to retire from a craft they had pursued since 1929.

Antonio passed away in 2023.

For your pleasure I have assembled my photos of Mondonico-built bikes and frames. Enjoy some of the work of one of the greatest men to ever take a torch to a steel tube.

I have posted a gallery of photos showing Antonio Mondonico building frames here.

Here is Antonio Mondonico brazing a bottom bracket in his small shop in the back of his house in Concorezzo, Italy.

Here is Antonio signing one of his masterworks in a shop during one of his American tours to measure riders for custom frames.

I believe this is a Mondonico EL-OS.

Here is a Mondonico Adventure, built from Columbus SL and assembled with a Campagnolo Ergopower Chorus group.

A Mondonico Campagnolo Chorus-equipped bike. I believe it is a Diamond SLX from the early 1990s.

Here is a Diamond SLX frameset

Close-up of Modonico's Diamond set stay attachment

A Campagnolo Record equipped Mondonico.

A Mondonico Diamond In with an internal rear brake cable and a Mavic Group

I think this is a Campagnolo Chorus group on this Mondonico Diamond SL.

A Mondonico EL-OS Monostay. Sweet.

A Mondonico Columbus EL-OS Monostay equipped with a Mavic group.

Close-up of a Mondonico monostay.

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Another Mondonico monostay bike. I presume it is built with Columbus EL-OS

Here is a Mondonico Monostay frameset.

Here's a Mondonico frameset made from Columbus Foco steel.

Close-up of the Fastback seat stays.

A Mondonico Futura Leggero built with Torelli's proprietary Nemo 747 tubing and with a Torelli Aspect carbon fork

This photo's data says Futura Leggero, but I believe it is a Foco made from Columbus Thermacrom steel alloy.

Here is a frameset that I really liked. A Futura Leggero made with woman-specific geometry: shorter top tube and extended head tube. All with a woman's shorter torso in mind.

Close-up of the extended head tube. Note the reinforcing ring Mondonico brazed on to the top of the head tube extension.

Here's a Mondonico Monza built with Torelli/Nemo 747 tubing and a Columbus Carve Wishbone seat stay.

A Mondonico crafted from Columbus Spirit tubing. This has to be one of the last frames Mondonico built because Spirit tubing wasn't introduced until 2004 and Antonio retired in 2006.