The Stallion Has Arrived!!!

After 10 months of waiting, my new road bike has finally arrived! Back in September I went to Smart Cycles in Norwalk, CT where the Italian master frame builder, Antonio Mondonico, fit me for a custom road bike. Antonio has had an amazing career making the finest steel frames, which have graced the podiums of The Tour de France and Giro de Italia. The closest I will ever come to standing on a podium is the steps of the old Millwood train station on the North County Trailway!!! Nerveless, I am really lucky to have this frame because it fits me like a custom suit and it is one of the last frames the master ever built - Antonio retired after making this batch of frames.

So, the birth of The Stallion went like this. Antonio comes from Italy to Smart Cycles to fit me. Antonio goes back to Italy and makes the gorgeous steel frame and fork. The frame was then shipped back to Smart Cycles and Alex sent it out to California where it was painted matte black with silver pinstripes. Then the frame was shipped back to Smart Cycles. Alex did another fitting session with me to get all the components set up correctly like the saddle height, handle bar height, etc... Then he assembled it and now I ride it!

Here are my pictures of The Stallion:
Bill's Mondonico Pictures