Medici Gran-Turismo Folder of about 1982 — Professional Overland Bicycle Framesets: “Go Far… Go Fast!!!”, Specifications, Paint, Sizes and Frame Geometry

A four-page portrait folder for the Medici Gran-Turismo in rust red: a cover headed “Professional Overland Bicycle Framesets”, a touring photograph page, and a two-sided specification sheet with the frame geometry table. No year is printed.

— Page 1 (front cover) —
MEDICI
Gran-Turismo
PROFESSIONAL
OVERLAND
BICYCLE
FRAMESETS

[The cover of a second Medici Gran-Turismo folder: a black MEDICI logotype above a touring bicycle fitted with front and rear panniers, a handlebar bag and two water bottles, in a black and white photograph. A rust red zigzag band at the lower right carries the words “Professional Overland Bicycle Framesets”.]

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Go far…Go fast!!!—the touring MEDICI

[A page of black and white photographs headed “Go far…Go fast!!!—the touring MEDICI”: a touring bicycle with a rear rack and fenders, two crankset views, a stem and handlebar, a front wheel with a rack and a large view of a Campagnolo rear derailleur and cluster. A small black lion mark sits at the lower right.]

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MEDICI BICYCLES
Gran-Turismo
MEDICI BICYCLE COMPANY produces only top-of-the-line, state-of-the-art bicycles and bicycle framesets. The Gran Turismo is a sport, speed touring bicycle especially designed for those who have developed a taste for long distance cycling and who like to go fast.
In its factory equipped version it carries the following gear train:
CHAINWHEELS
FREEWHEEL
| 46T | 43T | 24T
12T | 104 | 97 | X
14T | 89 | 83 | X
16T | 78 | 73 | 41
18T | 69 | 65 | 36
21T | 59 | 55 | 31
24T | X | 48 | 27
Available with tubulars or clinchers, down tube or bar end shifters, the MEDICI is adaptable to whatever rigeurs it is subjected. All fixtures are brazed-on. It is equally at home with racks and panniers as it is stripped for action.
A just companion to the MEDICI Pro Strada road racer, the Pro Pista track, and the new Tandem, Gran Turismo enables the serious tourist to get the most pleasure out of one bicycle regardless of its specific use on a particular day.
Ten miles or one hundred, the easy design, carefully crafted, steel MEDICI frameset will deliver the comfort and shock absorbtion usually associated with less responsive, heavier bicycles. Yet, when called upon, it will translate all the power applied to it to raw road speed and smooth hill climbing ability.
Check the workmanship and attention to detail.
• Fully chromed fork
• Double water bottles (on the 55, 58, 61 & 64)
• Threaded braze-on mounts
• Stainless screws
• Windowed investment cast lugs
• Recessed brake bolts
• Stainless double slotted seat bolt
• Electrostatic paint application
Since these are production bicycles, not custom builts, why don’t you look one over so you know exactly what you’re getting before you buy. Notice that it will accommodate all standard racks & pannier systems.
Request current prices from your nearest MEDICI dealer or contact us East or West. The Gran Turismo is available as a frameset as well as completed according to these specifications. With the frameset, at no additional charge, there is included a Silca color matched frame fit pump, Cobra alloy water bottle cage and MEDICI water bottle.
SPECIFICATIONS
STEELWORK
Slotted steering column and bottom bracket are Italian threaded. All bridges and supports are separately reinforced and stiffened.
A. Frame & Fork | Reynolds double butted 531
B. Seat & Chain Stays | Spaced to accept conventional 6-speed freewheel. 5-speed design available on special order at no additional cost.
C. Lugs | Rexart investment cast
D. Bottom Bracket Hanger | Cinelli investment cast
E. Fork Crown | Haden investment cast
F. Dropouts | Campagnolo 1010’s with double threaded eyelets.

COMPONENTS
All Italian threading except as noted. Where 2 types of equipment are specified, either may be supplied so long as particular and general compatibility is maintained.
A. Headset | Campagnolo Nuovo Record
B. Bottom Bracket | Campagnolo Nuovo Record or Phil Wood
C. Brakes | Campagnolo Nuovo Record (52mm regular reach) with yellow cable housing
D. Cranks | Avocet — 170mm to 59cm 175mm over 59cm
E. Chainrings | Avocet triple — 24T inner, 43T middle, 46T outer
F. Pedals | Campagnolo Superlight BLACK
G. Derailleurs | Campagnolo Nuovo Record front — Campagnolo Rally rear
H. Derailleur Controls | Sun Tour (ratcheted) bar end shifters or Campagnolo down tube shifters
I. Hubs | Shimano Dura-Ace EX 6-speed, English thread, 36-hole freehub
J. Rims | Super Champion Tubular or Mavic Module E 700C Clincher
K. Spokes | DT, 14 straight gauge stainless
L. Tires | Clement Silk tubular or Clement — Gentlemen clincher
M. Freewheel | Shimano Dura-Ace EX freehub (12-14-16-18-21-24)
N. Seat Post | Avocet — 180mm long-27 .2mm diameter
O. Seat Post Bolt | Hague Stainless Steel
P. Saddle | Avocet Men’s Touring III smooth black or Avocet Women’s Touring II smooth black
Q. Chain | Shimano Uniglide
R. Toe Clips | Christophe spring steel-short, normal or long — according to frame size
S. Toe Straps | Binda, with buttons
T. Water Bottle (s) | AL.E plastic with MEDICI logo — 2 on sizes 55, 58, 61 & 64 1 on sizes 49, 52
U. Water Bottle Cage (s) | Cobra alloy
V. Pump | Silca frame-fit, color matched to bicycle frame with Campagnolo “blue foot” steel head
W. Stem | Cinelli 1/A, length according to frame size
X. Handlebar | Cinelli #64 Giro d’Italia taped with chrome plugs
Y. Fenders | ESGE flexible metallic

[The Medici Bicycles Gran-Turismo specification sheet in an orange and black typeset layout, with a six by three gear table of freewheel and chainwheel sizes, bulleted workmanship features and Steelwork and Components lists lettered A to F and A to Y.]

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BRAZE-ON FEATURES
A. Top Tube brake cable tunnels (3)
B. Campagnolo Bottom Bracket derailleur cable guides (2)
C. Campagnolo right rear chain stay cable stop (1)
D. Down Tube water bottle cage fittings (2) or (4)
E. Down Tube derailleur guides (2)
1. Fingertip control cable stops are standard.
2. Shift lever bosses are optional.
F. Chain Hanger (1)
G. Seat Stay rack mounts (2)
PAINT & FINISHING
A. Standard colors available are:
1. Deep Metallic Blue
2. British Navy Blue
3. Fire Engine Red
4. Blazing Orange
5. Dense Gloss Black
6. Brilliant Metallic Jade Green
7. California Burgundy
B. Pump is color-matched to frameset
C. A fully chromed fork is standard. Painted fork is available.
D. Lugs and some details are picked out in yellow.
E. Decals are head and seat tube logo, star bands, and down tube identification.
F. Electrostatic paint procedure: primer, two coats of color, decals, clear overcoats. Each application is separately oven cured.
G. We shall copy, so far as we are technically able, any paint chip submitted as a custom option at additional cost.
H. Engraved handlebar stem
SIZES
Stock frames are manufactured in the following seat tube lengths:
49 cm (19-1/4 in.)
52 cm (20-1/2 in.)
55 cm (21-5/8 in.)
58 cm (22-7/8 in.)
61 cm (24 in.)
64 cm (25-1/4 in.)
Measurement is figured from center of bottom bracket to top of top tube.
CONFIGURATION
A. Angle between top tube and seat tube: see chart
B. Angle between top tube and head tube: see chart
C. Bottom Bracket height from ground: 267mm (10-1/2)
D. Fork blade rake: 57mm (2-1/4″)
E. Wheelbase: 105cm (41-1/2″)
F. Chainstay length: 445mm (17-3/4″) Measured from center of bottom bracket to center of derailleur hanger.
G. Top Tube length: 52.5 cm to 60 cm (see chart)
H. Seat Tube length: 49 cm (19-1/4″) to 64 cm (25-1/4″)
| A | B | G
SIZE | A SEAT ANGLE | B HEAD ANGLE | G TOP TUBE
49 cm | 72° | 72° | 52.5
52 cm | 72° | 72° | 53.5
55 cm | 72° | 72° | 55.5
58 cm | 72° | 72° | 57.5
61 cm | 72° | 73° | 58.5
64 cm | 72° | 73° | 60
Callouts: G B A H E F D C
In the East:
Medici Bicycle Company
1183 West Side Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07306
(201) 792-6350 Telex 12-7737
In the West:
Medici Bicycle Company
3238 Union Pacific Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90023
(213) 262-3212 Telex 69-1645

[The second side of the Medici Gran-Turismo specification sheet: Braze-on Features, Paint & Finishing, Sizes and Configuration lists, a frame-geometry table of six sizes from 49 cm to 64 cm and a rust red frame drawing with lettered measurement callouts, above the East and West addresses beside a rust red M mark. A small black lion mark sits at the top left.]