without even looking... the gran criterium NEVER had 'criterium' geometry. the model had its name way before the 70s american pre-occupation with 'criterium geometry'. (gag me, huh!) even so, the criterium, as a racing event as we know it, does not exist in europe. at least it didn't in the late sixties/early seventies when the masi gran criterium gained its notoriety. e-RICHIE masi maniac <http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1578244&a=12204870&f=0&sp=1 &showall=true>
On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 11:56:23 -0400 "Mark Poore" <rauler47@hotmail.com>
writes:
> I have a question for those Masi aficionados. This Masi on ebay is a
> Gran
> Criterium. If my memory serves me correctly, and it hasn't done well
> in
> recent years, the Gran Criterium had Criterium geometry and this one
> appears
> to have more of a European road geometry. Would love to understand
> the Masi
> geometry differences.
>
>
http://ebay.com/
>
> Mark, in sunny, cool and some patches of snow left WV, Poore