<< The seller says this Masi GC dates from 1974 but it obviously isn't. I think the key to its date is the treatment of the ends of the seat and chain stays shown in the second from last photo:
http://people.freenet.de/
Looks like the way Alberto did them on his Masi Prestige; not the way Faliero did them on his Masi GC? Any Masi experts care to comment? >>
Hardly a Masi expert, but I am pretty darn certain that those seat & chain stay ends (where they join the drop outs) are pre-formed in that shape, i.e., they are not hand filed or even belt sanded, the beveled ends being factory formed. They would have been ordered in just that way from Columbus, which saved labor. IIRC, there was a catalog page from which frame building ateliers could order a number of variations of stay end treatment.
I would think that bike was firmly from the very late 1970s and more likely the 1980s. Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA -----Original Message----- From: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Masi GC 58 cm Outing
On Apr 21, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Art Link wrote:
> Masi GC, 58 cm,"updated" mods. on German ebay,no reserve. > #330111863175 No relation to seller ,etc. Art Link,San Antonio,TX,USA
The seller says this Masi GC dates from 1974 but it obviously isn't. I think the key to its date is the treatment of the ends of the seat and chain stays shown in the second from last photo:
http://people.freenet.de/
Looks like the way Alberto did them on his Masi Prestige; not the way Faliero did them on his Masi GC? Any Masi experts care to comment?
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA USA http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)
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