Since we're talking so much about Masi lately and I have just recently joined "Club Masi" as Charlie Young so aptly put it, I have a few questions.
1. I'm still collecting parts, so I haven't taken anything apart yet. Are the California Masis' Italian or English threaded? I suspect Italian.
2. Mine has a set of water bottle braze ons on the down tube, as does my old Colnago. Were these original to the Masi frame back then? Mine appears to be original paint.
3. Someone (Bob Hovey?) recently suggested that there was some inconsistan cy in frame sizing, c-t with some being long or short M60 to the top of the lug point. The chainstays on mine seem particularly long making the bike quite comfortable. Lining the axle up with the seat stay as a tradition for me usually seems to center the axle in the dropout, but this is pushed forward of that, and I still have quite a bit of clearance between tire and seat tube. Is this pretty standard for that era?
I'd appreciate hearing about these. I'm apparently not too good at searching the archives.
Dan Artley in Parkton, Maryland