Re: [CR]Masi Questions!

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From: "John Pergolizzi" <jtperry1@verizon.net>
To: "greg@nofatcomm.com" <gharnold@mindspring.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Masi Questions!
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:51:20 -0500
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Greg, Tell your wifeie-poo that " it makes you happy". "God, what a small price to pay for happiness" will be her reply. The Masi may or may not be "better built" then the Pogliaghi, but I will tell you that she will handle better. After some 300 road bikes, that is my verdict. The Masi: too long in the fork for our good roads; alot of pulling and pushing into and out of turns. The Pogliaghi has a nice low bottom bracket and will steer from your ass; just like a good bike should. Best steel road bike I ever owned was a circa 1973 Pogliaghi. Too bad she's long gone. The Masi, in your size, is a few and far between pleasure. She will retain her value, more or less, so is only (at least) a form of commodity. You will gain immeasurable pleasure and a priceless experience. Should you decide the time is ripe, you can then trade her for some of that paper stuff. If all else fails tell her that the other part of the purchase is the impending trip to Milano; you will visit The Vigorelli and meet Alberto (see photos of my trip on The Masi Lore site through Dale's site) and the wife gets to go shopping. Spring is best. And I'll let you do a Masi talk at one of the next BVVW meetings! Life IS perfect! Enjoy, John T.Pergolizzi Omnipotent Despot BVVW Brooklyn, New York

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> Greetings and Happy holidays all...
>
> I am trying to convince the wife of the rarity and er, usefulness!, of a
> 1972 Masi
> GC in my size that I've come across, and I need your help ... I've read
> through
> the
> archives to get as much info as i could ... I was wondering if the current
> experts
> could shed some light on a few of the following questions:
>
> In 1972 - and in that general 1968-75 era - were 60+cm Italian bikes as
> often produced
> as the smaller ones? I've often read that these larger frames (I ride
> 62-63cm bikes)
> are less collectible/valuable, yet I find them much harder to come by...
> curious.
>
> I'm considering a 1972 Masi - no serial number, with a 'V' stamped in the
> BB. From
> what I read it has to be Italian because 'all US Masis's had serial
> numbers'. Is
> this 'V' any indication of where it was built or by whom?
>
> It has a 'twin plate' fork but it appears to be the fischer 'faux' drilled
> plate
> - which to my eyes is more elegant looking than the normal twin plate
> crown - is
> it a more unusual fork?
>
> Were the 1972 Italian Masi's somehow inferior to the 1973 Carlsbads? Seems
> there
> is alot of chest puffing among the US Masi builders(!) of that era - I
> mean that
> in good fun please - but how bad were the Italian frames at that time? The
> one Im
> looking at looks pretty clean...where was the venerable Mario C. building
> in 1972?
>
> What color schemes were available in 1972? I recently let a Masi go on
> ebay with
> a cool two tone orange-white head tube configuration. Was this a custom
> paint job?
>
> Finally - when did all the pantography start or stop with these bikes?
> I've seen
> some really wonderful examples of Italian Masi's with 'Falerio' cut into
> the stems,
> and 'M's cut out of the chainrings - and then later 'Alberto' in the stems
> ... were
> these 'one-off' customizations or did the factory offer these options?
>
> Oh - and one other thing - Does anyone know if Falerio and Sante Pogliaghi
> knew
> each other? Were in competition? Does anyone else but me think Pogliaghi
> built
> as well if not better than Masi? (Is that Masi sacrilege?)
>
> thanks all for your help - and for helping me justify my Christmas
> present....
>
> greg arnold
> alresford, Hampshire