Re: [CR]"stars and watercarriers" 1973 giro d'italia

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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 09:34:24 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: "Classic Rendezvous Mail List (E-mail)" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]"stars and watercarriers" 1973 giro d'italia
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Grant McLean wrote:
>
> Listers:
>
> Since i'm sure everyone here has seen the film,
> does anyone know the name of the team riding those
> spanking yellow Masi's? There is a shot of the
> team car with a roof full of bikes, but I never
> saw which team it was.
>
> Whaddagreat film!
>
> Wow, besides all those great team Bianchi-Campagnolo
> bikes, and of course the Merckx and Masi bikes,
> another bike highlight for me is Giovanni Battaglin's
> navy blue Pinarello. What a sweet ride!

Here are pictures of a 1973 Sammontana (ice-cream) team Masi that was at last year's Velo-Rendezvous at Pasadena.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid35/p7939539c8dbde741e6523cf2e0e2ed58/fd2eaf3a.jpg https://www.engr.ucsb.edu/~brandon/VR_2002_Bikes/Roll%2011%20-%2016.jpg https://www.engr.ucsb.edu/~brandon/VR_2002_Bikes/Roll%2011%20-%2017.jpg

Pretty unique color and that wonderful twin-plate fork crown!

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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