The (non Masi) bike that I saw was done by the "squashed and brazed tube" method.
Jamie Swan - Northport, N.Y. http://www.centerportcycles.com (mapped) http://www.limws.org http://www.liatca.org http://www.cabinfeverliquidations.com
On Nov 2, 2005, at 9:43 AM, David Bilenkey wrote:
> Balsa wood?
>
> I can imagine shaping a balsa plug to fit the inside of the tube and
> then
> after the tube has it's holes inserting it and then cleaning out the
> exposed
> wood, sealing and painting.... But looking at the shape of the tubes
> I'd
> expect that it would have been pretty hard to get them in there. And
> looking
> more closely I can't see any tubing edge...
>
> Maybe the goal wasn't weight loss, but strength. Those could be
> sections
> of
> tube that have been squashed and brazed into the holes....
>
> I'll stop guessing now!
>
> David
> --
> David Bilenkey
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> dbilenkey@sympatico.ca
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
>> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of
>> OROBOYZ@aol.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:43 PM
>> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> Subject: [CR]Holy mackerel, 77 Masi Prestige Fiera
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 11/1/2005 9:19:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> chuckschmidt@earthlink.net writes:
>>
>> << Here's the links to pix of the holy chainstays:
>>
>> http://www.speedbicycles.ch/
>> http://www.speedbicycles.ch/
>> http://www.speedbicycles.ch/
>> http://www.speedbicycles.ch/
>> http://www.speedbicycles.ch/
>> http://www.speedbicycles.ch/
>> http://www.speedbicycles.ch/
>>>>
>>
>> So......... what are we to suppose is filling those holes?
>> Ricotta cheese?
>> It's kind of funny, as cool as that looks, it's hard to
>> imagine that whatever
>> was used to fill the "innards" weighs less than those little
>> slivers of steel
>> that were removed.... But, why be logical or practical when
>> considering the
>> romance of creativity?
>>
>> Dale Brown
>> Greensboro, NC USA