Today it's slow here at work and I was doing some serious web cruising.

Still looking for Steel, hopefully Italian. Then I make the mistake of writing to two of the outfits: one being: Smart cycles in Connecticut. They write back instantly with a frame they want me to look at: (Yes, I can have it in Orange)
It's made by Mondonico (one of 3 my size left EVER made by Antonio who is retired)


While wasting time I also found a website for a bike shop in Moab Utah



They sell Pegoretti bikes. These are the coolest looking bikes I've ever seen.
And both guys thought they could set me up with a frame that would fit me. He wrote to Dario
right away for a quote!!!

Good grief, what am I thinking, another sight-unseen sale? Do I trust the measurements that Eric Moen gave me and just buy a frame? and if i buy a frame, what bike shop in town is going to build it for me? They all like to do their own stuff and I'm not sure I could stand the sneering.