Re: [CR]Medici History

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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:20:05 -0400
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Medici History
To: brianbaylis@juno.com, goodrichbikes@netzero.net
References: <20040826.210224.509.332215@webmail14.lax.untd.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I'll add that Recht had a printing or printing ink business in Jersey City, NJ that was, I presume, the basis of the money to dabble in bike building operations. So the factory was the east coast Medici outlet.

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: brianbaylis@juno.com
To: goodrichbikes@netzero.net
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: [CR]Medici History



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> Curt,
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> The New Jersey location for Medici is actually the home base of Bill Recht, the owner of Medici Bicycles. I think there was such a thing as Rexart Cyclery, but I don't know for sure. For the most part, the NJ address was the East Coast outlet for Medici, since it was where Bill lived. Beyond that, nothing related to the building of the frames happened there.
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> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> http://www.vintagecyclestudios.com
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> -- "goodrichbikes" <goodrichbikes@netzero.net> wrote:
> I remember a while ago Brian Baylis gave a nice historical story about Medici. Looking through the Talbot framebuilding book Medici is listed as having addresses in Los Angeles and New Jersey. What was going on at the New Jersey location?
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> Curt Goodrich
> Minneapolis, MN