Aranciata, born in turbulence

[Trek420]

Mimi, did he ever tell you how long it would take in the first place?

When I got Menace the Mondonico my shop was full of advice about the time, lots of warnings that "worst case scenario it could be this long."

Ordered in October, I think I got the bike mid May .... for the AIDS Ride in June. What's that they say about "don't get anything different for your bike a month before the ride"

First the build itself took time and then the frame got shipped to Chris my LBS and he called me, I got to come down and see it sans paint.

You think it looks nice painted, you should see the welds.

Then its shipped to L.A. still unpainted. There it's completely inspected again inside and out since that's their only chance to do that sans paint. Then paint, dry, paint, dry, paint, decals.....finally back home to you.

But he kept me informed all along the way, even lent me a loaner road bike which I think his wife normally rides so I could train for the AIDS ride on it rather than the commuter but also get used to Campy thumb shifters.

I think he sells more Mondonicos and Torellis than any shop in the US, guess he's used to this drill.