Re: [CR] Masi Jersey: was there ever an Official one?

(Example: Bike Shops)

From: <BobHoveyGa@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:46:57 -0400
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Masi Jersey: was there ever an Official one?


>> From Paul Andrews:
>
> "Did an "official" Masi ever exist? ...or for that matter, any jersey
> mentioning Masi in an official capacity, i.e. as part of team 
> sponsorship?

I'm not sure if Masi Italy ever produced a jersey during the Faliero era, they probably did but I don't recall seeing one. Alberto produced three or four different designs and I have a few photos at home but I haven't posted any o f them on the site yet. Here's one of them that's posted on the Serotta Foru m (sign-in required):

< http://www.serotta.com/forum/attachment.php?sªb023010c6140484f0acfa9b4da c76c&attachmentidU090>

There was a "Masi California" jersey that was produced in the US and I believe was given away with the first few dozen Carlsbad bikes. I've never seen one but several folks confirmed that they did exist.

Around 1977 another jersey was produced which is seen in a brochure of the period (see link). Yellow with blue sleeves and black letters. I've neve r seen one for sale, but I do have a pair of the shorts.

http://bhovey.com/Masi/MasiCatalogs/LateCaliMasi2/calimasi1.htm

In the mid-80's, there was a blue and yellow jersey that appeared in another

brochure (below). I've been wanting one of these for a long time but they don't come up for sale very often.

http://bhovey.com/Masi/MasiCatalogs/HighCountryWorldwide/3.htm

In the early 90's, the yellow and purple one came out. It's fairly common,

if you are patient you'll probably see one in your size on eBay eventually.

Actually, there were two versions of this jersey, one was "3V purple," the other more of a burgundy/cranberry, (latter variant in the link below, keep the smartass remarks about the porky model to yourself, please).

http://bhovey.com/Masi/99Moon/PICT4960a.jpg

Finally, there's the modern Masi jersey that Tom mentioned. It's a nice design, wish I'd bought one when they were available:

< http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l7dB7y_i2kE/RoL04d5uC5I/AAAAAAAAAPk/vItANvXlWx4/s3 20/100_1351.jpg>

There were probably others. In addition, there are some team jerseys out there on which the Masi name appeared as sponsor or supporter. I'd like to get photos of any of these for the web site, if you have them.

Finally, I don't know if this qualifies as official Masi cycling garb, but ...

< http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1SmlJr0BbWc/ScSI2GktuTI/AAAAAAAAC2E/NbjxPOJynQA/s1 600-h/Taipei+Show+2009+060.jpg>

Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA USA
http://bhovey.com/masi