^^^ Yea I "heard " the same story, who knows. The pantograph stem and bars on my Medici are 3ttt and I think were optional in 1982 when the bike was made.Other bikes I own from the seventies were originally spec'd with the 3ttt Record stem and handle bar set and they weren't cheap bikes in the day , Mondia Special and ItalVega . Maybe they were cheaper than Cinelli but I couldn't afford either one back then so for me it was the Japanese SR Champion. SR worked well but didn't have the panache of the Italian stuff, I didn't care , I loved my Kabuki Diamond Formula anyway! I rode it as if it were just as good as anything out there.