Just for the record, Medici is NOT Itallian, but rather Californian with thrice-removed Itallian heritage. Two California builders (Simonetti, Howard) who used to work for California Masi, which of course came from Masi Italia.

I'm personally stalking a grey Medici track bike right now. Hope it's mine by the end of the month.

Oh well. I'll start my own thread.

+1000 Yeah I love going there and just looking around. He also has a beautiful Mariposa (their in-house custom brand) pursuit bike that Michael, the owner's son rode in the '94 Commonwealth games... among many many others. Mike truly loves bikes. I bought my Lejeune frame from him and when i brought it back built up he commented that it was nice to see it loved, that it looked a lot better already (it still needed a lot of work/was still really cobbled together. It's going to be really nice soon and then I'll post some pics... Might have to start a French fixation thread :) )

Really? I've found them both to be pretty nice.

Oh man I'm totally jealous I really want a Mariposa! Actually I want three! A randonneur, a lightweight road bike and a track bike! :D

no oh well. california has an amazing history of quality frame builders.

Your opinion is yours. But considering thats my only mode of transporation, then i do ride regularly. Ride a brooks Swallow at a straight angle and see if you don't slide off the front and rack yourself on the top tube. I'm still breaking it in considering i've only had it for about 4 months so it needs a slight upward angle. Also i ride that track stem to get a little more aggressive position because the frame is so large and and i find comfort in riding in a more aggressive position. Have you ever ridden true bullhorns? I find that the multiple hand positions offer a multiple riding positions.

$7000 later...

this is mine naked
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...6_01080011.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...6_01080010.jpg

and more or less clothed
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...g/fullside.jpg

still counts - the cranks and pedals are Italian... wait... not exactly SS or FG... sorry

i like that alot, i haven't heard of them before? the moth on the headtube is nice...

Name it "My Sweet Track Frame Isn't British, Italian, or Keirin" so those of us with Canadian bikes have somewhere to put them.

Ha.

north american fixation?

Perfect!

I love this thread. Such awesome bikes.

That Mariposa would go into the NA thread as well, since that is also Canadian.

Someone should really do this. And hey 128, you went blue! Nice!

Ay caramba! it's a butterfly - Mariposa means butterfly in Spanish. Or *****exual. But butterfly is better. Not that there's anything wrong...

Mariposa is pretty obscure, but seems to have quite the following among the Francophile / hobbit set.

Back to Italians (did I post this already? well, warrants another look)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...superpista.jpg

Only because you asked so nicely.

There's a NA thread?

There are some sweeet Canadian bikes out there, but they're pretty rare, even up north. Canadian track bikes, other than Marinonni, are got damn rare - I can think of Cyclops, Talbot, Mariposa (mebbe), Cambio Rino, and then some modern customs like True North, Mike Truelove, Naked, and that's about it. A cdn fixation thread would be about 10 posts long. 10 lovely, lovely posts.

back to bidness
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2.../battaglin.jpg

shhhhhhhh

Theres also winterbourne
http://www.winterbornebikes.com/index.php?ID=35

sold this one to owen.

http://velospace.org/files/moser1a.jpg

HOW! WHY! I hope you needed surgery

i have a pista concept with a serious drug habit.

holy hell! why would you sell that? ok, you stated your reason but it's really not a good enough reason. sorry.

i liked my other bikes better, to be honest and i dont want to collect bikes. :) plus it was so freakin' twitchy.

i bet it's twitchy...well i would be twitchy, in that between the legs quivering sense....

good god

umberto dei

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...wooljersey.jpg

more here

Moki,

Your Mariposa looks great. It looks well loved! That Dei as well, is just so classic. I love the chromed square shouldered fork.

Here's a couple favourites from my picture folder:

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8...reraol5jd5.jpg
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1...pursuityn2.jpg
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5...93bbcdaoq8.jpg
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/546...hitrackwj7.jpg