Thank you Ted. I didn't know that there was any current contact info. I got the impression from the archives that the Simonetti trail had grown cold as of a couple of years ago. I'll give that number a try.
Jay Sexton Sebastopol, CA
ternst wrote:
> Why not go to the source? This is the last contact I have for Medici /
> Gian P. Simonetti: Hope he doesn't take me out on a ride and punish me
> up hill and down.
> La Bicicletta
> 714-356-7725
> gpsimonetti@aol.com
> Hope this helps.
> Ted Ernst
> Palos Verdes Estates, CA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Sexton" <jvs@sonic.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 1:58 PM
> Subject: [CR]Medici info needed
>
>
>> Just when you thought it was safe......
>>
>> I have an opportunity to buy a bike that is supposed to be a Medici,
>> however, the only part on the bike identifying it as a Medici is the
>> pantographed stem. The lugs have no cut outs, braze ons include
>> t.t. housing guides, shifter, front derailleur, and there are no
>> decals except for a decal on the head tube which is unfamiliar to
>> me. After spending half an hour in the archives searching for info,
>> I am guessing that the frame might be an El Dorado or an El Camino.
>> However, with all the posts on Medici, I didn't find any definitive
>> info on DATES. In the 1980's, what Medici models were made and what
>> were the dates?
>>
>> I found this post by Peter Bridge, but no response by anyone to his
>> info:
>>
>> I was surprised by the headtube/seattube decal -- in place of the
>> expected
>> lion rampant, is a shield outline, with a ringing bell, and the
>> golden hills
>> of California in the background. As many of you will know, the
>> Camino Real
>> (Royal Road) was the route the Spanish missionaries established in
>> California, with missions spaced a one day walk apart. I assume that
>> the ringing bell
>> refers to those missions.
>>
>>
>> Can anyone offer any more info? Off list is okay, too.
>>
>> Who's in charge of adding information to the C.R. main about Medici?
>> There ain't no info, currently.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Jay Sexton
>> Sebastopol, CA