Dale, This is exactly what these are. The have Columbus decals, not so good paint and lots of file marks. Not what I would call a good show... Garry Nold Rain as usual in Seattle
> In a message dated 11/30/2001 5:02:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> kstagg@harbornet.com writes:
>
> << I thought that I heard that they'd picked up the last of the older
Masis?
> Their website shows a 3V and says specifically that it's made in Italy:
>>
>
> Hmmm. Maybe I spoke too quickly.
>
> Performance COULD have bought up a batch of the old allegedly
Mondonico-made
> Masis that Schwinn was trying to sell. I guess that goes back maybe
two-three
> years ago (Jim Allen sure could tell us!) when Schwinn had the
distribution
> rights to Masi.
>
> I saw a number of those frames and (sorry) was "underwhelmed" Finish and
> construction details were slapdash in my opinion, obviously made to a
price,
> so to speak... And definitely a huge step down in refinement from previous
> USA Masi and even Alfredo supplied bikes.
>
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, NC