[CR]one of these (100) things, is not like the other...

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Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 09:33:11 -0700
Thread-Topic: one of these (100) things, is not like the other...
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From: "Kenneth Naylor (MOLC)" <knaylor@microsoft.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]one of these (100) things, is not like the other...

Egad! Another Masi question, so take some blood pressure medicine if this is going to set you off.

I saw this on eBay:

( item number 7238993239, http://ebay.com/<blah> 4 &photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting ) and am puzzled as to why this frame (#13 of 100, 52 cm) has exterior brazed on 'cable stops' for the rear brake cable, while mine (#21 of 100, 58cm) has a much cleaner, aesthetically pleasing internal top tube routing. Why two different versions if only 100 frames were produced? (The zero bids also is a puzzle, but that is something different)

Here is a picture of another person's Diamond Jubilee (#40 of 100) that has the cable routing like mine http://www.bates-lee.com/masi/html/gallery/3V/Jose/MASI%20seat%20joint.h tml

Off-line answers are fine with me, as well as anyone's two cents as to info about these limited production frames. I have a 57cm 1984 G.C. and the ride of these two bikes is way different. Duh, you say, but I always thought the 3V had similar angles/geometry to the GC, just a different style of putting them together.

Thanks in advance to any who can shed light, and apologies to those who groan when a Masi post pops up.

Ken S. Naylor

Fargo, North Dakota