Re: [CR]Masi information request

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Avocet)

Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:16:12 -0700
From: "John Jorgensen" <designzero@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Masi information request
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Answers to Dan Artly's questions

1. California Masi's have Italian threading throughout.

2. Downtube waterbottle braze-ons were standard on Masi road bikes back then from Carlsbad.

3. Masi's measure "short" compared to other brands for a given size. I have a 55cm bike with chainstays measuring 412mm along the chainstay from the center of the BB to the center of the axle, the axle is set as delivered at the front of the dropout. All factory built bikes I have seen have the wheel set as such, how it was measured for design application for production purposes may be different.

Masi's after the Carlsbad period start to vary much more dimensionally. Other size bikes will be different. Basically the chainstays get shorter over the years. Earlier Milano GC's have longer chanstays for a given size also.

John Jorgensen
Torrance Ca