Richard M Sachs wrote:
>
> your masi would've had dubois lugs, produced
> with integral 'rings'. (unlike bocama lugs on which
> rings are welded on). the cinelli has lugs which were
> not produced with rings. most lugs aren't/weren't.
> dubois/nervex lugs had the rings as a design element
> as well as a function provider. your pics are not close enough
> to see the shapes, but if you truly have an early 70's calimasi,
> it'd have the dubois lugs, and i have never seen any dubois-ed
> lug masi without the rings. except for a couple made
> by those rascal new guys on their own time!
> any better close-ups of the head tube, fron the side?
> e-RICHIE
1971 Masi Milano Gran Criterium -- rings
1974 Masi Carlsbad Gran Criterium (#331) -- rings
Chuck "do you want rings with that" Schmidt South Pasadena, California