Richard Sachs wrote:
>
> as far as stickers and pipes go, my TWO italian made
> 1971 masis have reynolds stickers. i put them on the
> restoration because they were on originally.
> but careful here: the sticker says '531 main tubes',
> inferring that the forks and stays were columbus.
> and they are.
My 1971 Milan-built Masi GC has the Reynolds "531 Frame Tubes" sticker indicating just main frame tubes are Reynolds and my 1973 Verona-built Masi GC has the Reynolds 531 "fork and stays" decal.
The 1971 has Columbus fork blades with the flat fork crown, and the 1973 (June) has the skinnier Reynolds non-Continental oval fork blades along with the twin-plate fork crown.
Chuck Schmidt
SoPas, SoCal