In the Simpson biography "Put Me Back on My Bike" author William Fotheringham recalls his conversation with Harry Hall, Simpson's wrench, on page 24. It reads, "He [Simpson] rarely rode the bikes he was given by his sponsor Peugeot, but had instead bought himself a hand-built machine, like the other top professionals rode, from the Masi company in Italy. It was then painted in Peugeot colours. It's a small deception that frequently occurs in professional cycling, when a star cyclist feels that his team's cycle sponsor is not able to produce the goods quite as he wants them."
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Brook Watts
Longmont Colo USA
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>I am genuinely confused. Does anyone here know *for sure*--not
>guessing, not speculating, not wishful-thinking--exactly *what*
>Tom Simpson and Eddy M. rode in the 60s when they were riding
>frames decorated as Peugeots?
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>I thought that both rode frames made by Masi, dressed up like
>Peugeots. Masi was making frames with the Peugeot-style Nervex
>lugs at that time, so pictures could be very deceiving, seems to me.
>You could take a Masi of that time, paint it and dress it like a Peugeot,
>and it might be rather hard to tell the difference in even a clear
>photo. I'd be curious to know what details one would look for to
>try to figure out which was which. Assuming both had Nervex lugs.
>The Masis with the cinelli-style lugs are easy to spot, that's not my
>question.