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When Monty Young first opened the doors of Condor in 1948, he probably didn't think he'd build bicycles for pop stars, Olympians, and royalty. Condor bikes have been ridden to World Championships medals, multiple National titles, and ridden in the Tour de France. Condor’s success over the last 72 years has been dependent on attention to detail, customer service, and experience. Few brands can claim to have had their bikes ridden by household names such as Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins and multiple Olympic track champion Ed Clancy, but Condor are also the choice of bikes among fashion designers, soap stars, TV chefs and blues and rock stars Eric Clapton and Mick Jagger. Creatively speaking, Lance Armstrong also rode a Condor to victory in the Tour de France – if you saw the movie, The Program, you will not have noticed that every single bike used to make the film was in fact made by Condor. Sadly, Monty passed in 2018 but I had the great privilege of interviewing Monty’s son and Condor MD Grant Young at the home of Condor in Grays Inn Road, central London. In its 72-year history, Condor has seen cycling change and evolve massivley. I started by asking Grant about the legendary customer service that Condor is known for.