Re: [CR]Late 1968, early 1969 Masi Special, all original

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 16:53:45 -0800 (PST)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Late 1968, early 1969 Masi Special, all original
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Steven, Thanks for posting the pictures of this bike. It is more in keeping with what I remember people riding in the 1960s and early '70s than many of the bicycles I've seen displayed recently. These days, everyone seems to mount Campagnolo brakes on their old machines even though these were often difficult to obtain (and seemed insanely expensive) in '68, '69 or even 1970 for that matter. So I'm not entirely surprised that Weinmann brakes were installed, although I am surprised that their sidepulls were used. You often saw Weinmann brakes and Universal levers, although in the case of the sidepulls that wouldn't provide any quick release mechanism, so using the Weinmann levers here made perfect sense. Another thing I noticed when visiting Italy is that Italians did not really feel the need to ride all-Campagnolo since, already being cool Italian guys by birth, they didn't need "tutto Campagnolo" bikes to prove they were cool Italian guys. Anyway, I'm really touched to see a bike set up for an ordinary aspiring Italian club racer. Ciao, Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
> I have posted some new photos of the latest Masi Special that
> I have brought in from Italy. The bike has the world champion
> stripes on the seat tube stating the 1967-68 and 1968-69 pro
> road race wins, so it needs to have been built after the
> world's in 1968. The bike is incredibly clean shape with all
> original components. I doubt the bike has been used much at
> all. The only truly unexpected components are the saddle and
> brakes. It appears the saddle is a 'tuned' version as one of
> the saddle rivets has the name AVRES on it, so I guess the
> buyer was true to his 'butcher'. More appropriate would be a
> Unicanitor saddle. The brakes are Weinmann with the neat Q/R
> levers built into the lever. They also have quite fancy cable
> adjustors. The bike is a 59 cm 'Masi measurement' or a 57 cm
> C/C.
>
> The photos can be seen at:
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Masi_Special
>

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