Medici Pro Strada

This is an early 1980s Medici Pro Strada. They made this model with Columbus SL, if it was under 58cm, and Columbus SP if it was above 58cm. Being a 62cm, this one is made of Columbus SP. They offered cable stops in the place of shift lever bosses as a free upgrade to anyone who ordered a Medici. This one has the cable stops, so I used bar end shifters. All Medici Pro Strada's came standard with Campagnolo Super Record components from new, but those have gone missing over time, so this bike was built with a mostly NOS Shimano 600ex component group. The Medici brand has a very well documented and interesting history. It's a great read if you have the time to dive in and learn about the brand. Medici was basically designed by one of the worlds best bicycle builders (at that time) Mario Confente. Mario didn't realize that he was designing bikes for anything other than his own brand at the time, but some shady business partnerships at the time led to almost all of Mario's well thought out, patented designs on lugs, cable guides and braze ons, being used on Medici bikes.