I live in Deerfield. Another Medici sighting for the record: I saw a guy riding a Medici on the Alberto's Sunday ride out of Hubbard Woods a long time ago.

My repair progresses: I got the shifters back today, Friday. I had put them in the mail on Monday. Fast turnaround! $103 with 2 new hoods shipping included. That seems pretty like a pretty good deal to me. Assuming that they work.

I wire brushed the body rot spots on the top tube and seat lug, and I'm surprised at the high polish of the tubes, almost to the point of suspecting that some chromed tubes were used. The polished part did get scratched by the wire brush. My knowledge about steel bike tubes is obviously limited. I did see that there were some reports of Tange Presige tubes feeling "whippy" compared to Colombus SL (and SLX?). I think that the slight oversize and ovalizing of this "Prestige OS" tubeset stiffened it up pretty much.

Thanks for the note Skip. I'll resume the search for those decals if I ever end up painting the whole bike. John