I just received the shipment of a Masi GC that I found in a bike shop in Lake Worth, a suburb of West Palm Beach in Florida. Its a beach bike w/ rust, but good paint and decals and it was cheap and everything works, a great way to ride around on vacation, sorta like a rental, and then have it shipped home. Serial number is 537 MC62, and I have a couple of questions.
Bob Hovey's site indicates that it's probably built around 1974. Dale's site says that the frames were built with either Reynolds or Columbus and that's what I'm trying to find out about mine. There's no tubing sticker, but the fork legs seem to be more ovalized than I remember ever seeing Columbus tubes. If it is Reynolds, when did they start to use Colubus? I've also noticed that some of the Masis' on Dales site have the fancy Nervex lugs. Was that a special item or was there a period for them?
It's 60 cm c-c and 58 cm c-c for the top tube, bigger than I usually ride, but seems a perfect fit. Very comfortable, a real no hands machine, lots of chain stay and well balanced in the turns with the narrow clincher tires that came with it. Now I just haf'ta replace that straight block!
It can be seen at this address:
http://community.webshots.com/
Happy trails,
Dan Artley in Parkton, Maryland, where there seems to be too many projects going at once.