Re: [CR]Masi Special pista for sale on ebay

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From: <"brianbaylis@juno.com">
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:02:44 GMT
To: terminaut@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [CR]Masi Special pista for sale on ebay
cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Tam and all,

That is the crown (along with other styles) that goes with 24mm round bl ades. The "twin plate" style crown fits 22.2mm fork blades. Has anyone e ver seen a '71ish Masi Gran Criterium with a fork that has those blades and that crown? I have! It's original to the bike and everything. I rece ntly restored a GC like I have described. Road bike with a track fork. P retty much like the Masi frame Mario Confente built for himself when he first came to Carlsbad in 1973.

Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA


-- "Tam Pham" wrote:


On Nov 5, 2007 2:14 PM, Tam Pham <terminaut@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's a very cool bike, and those Dugasts as well as the neat Wolber
> covers are very desirable to boot! I'm curious about how the bike was dated
> to '72 if anyone has some insight to offer.
>
>

It looks like the seller went through the trouble of removing the fork t o provide a photo of the steerer tube. Good on him, as the year of the bik e is now firmly established and any reservation about the originality of the fork as a Masi product is rendered moot.

Photo here: http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/11432765/2007/11/6/Jamis_004.jpg

If the winner is interested in selling/trading the Wolber wheel covers please contact me after the auction. I would pay $150 for them or perhap s trade one of my covers that would be more appropriate (ie. Clement) for the Masi. My Huffy needs new clothes. :-)

Cheers,
Tam Pham
Huntington Beach, CA - USA