The following was copied off of rec.bicycles.tech newsgroup and was kind of interesting in a Masi California sort of way (all of you that are tired of Masi stuff can talk amongst yourselves). --Chuck Schmidt
"Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:
I was working at the Masi factory in Carlsbad CA in late 73-early 74. While I was there, Falerio Masi arrived with a gift from his friend Tulio of 2 sets of the soon to be released Super Record Gruppos. I don't remember exactly when this happened, but I'm pretty sure it was late in 73.
Those parts got looked at pretty carefully, and then mixed in with all the other parts that we had there. Some of them were kept apart because they were clearly different, like the rear ders, cranksets, and headsets. But the hubs were mixed and made into wheels which were sold with the some of the first Masi bikes sold out of Masi California.
I have always felt that it was likely a small tragedy that 4 very interesting hubs were sent out unknowingly, probably to 4 different bike purchasers, with Ti axles."