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Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 17:42:56 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Roadgiant@cs.com
Cc: kdenny@uism.bu.edu, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: [CR]Welcome to the Ken Denny Forum...

Ken Denny wrote:
>
> (cut) I also have a
> masi with a "V" stamped in the BB shell and on the steerer. To many, the
> assujmption would be that the frame was built in Verona - funny thing is that
> it
> was built at the Vigorelli shop (according to the invoice) and it does NOT
> have
> the three holes. -----------------------

I guess I don't understand the point of the above about "congfente (sic) touches" (Ken, fur krist sakes, use your spelchek).

A Masi from Verona has to have three holes? Mario Confente never built a Masi without three holes? A Masi built in Verona is not stamped with a "V"? A bike from Vigorelli (in Milan) is not stamped "M" for Milan, but "V" for Vigorelli? I would accept as fact that the letter stamped on a Masi indicates the city it was built in.

Let's see. Which would I believe? The letter stamped into the steel of a bottom bracket with a steel die, or an invoice? I pick what's stamped on the bike frame and not what is typed on the invoice!

Free Ken??? The guy is running loose on the streets of Boston as we speak!!!

Chuck Schmidt
SoPas, SoCal