[CR]Mavic time line? Quality comparison, too.

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From: Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@comcast.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 07:38:48 -0500
Subject: [CR]Mavic time line? Quality comparison, too.

Folks is there a Mavic time line out there somewhere? I am looking at a 'Starfish' crankset and indexing on what I believe to be an '86 Masi 3V Volumetrica, would this be about correct? The bottom bracket has an 862 on the bottom which I am guessing to be 1986, 2nd month, am I correct in this? No one has put together a time line for more recent Masi serial numbers, yet have they? As an admitted Campy snob, I am surprised to find that this Mavic group seems to work at least as well as my Campy units. It is sort of surprising that Mavic seems to lack the Mojo and mystique of the Campy gear it competed with. I think a least one TDF was even won on a Mavic group, by Eddy Mercyx. Was it just that Italian gear was deemed more esoteric?
Tom Sanders
Lansing, Mi