>
> Everyone,
> If the link does not work (it didn't for me), go to the home page
> and punch in "masi" in the search engine box. The top result is the
> article.
> Norris, as always, you provide "the Best".
>
> thank youse,
>
> John T.Pergolizzi
> San Diego, Ca.
>
>
> On Nov 10, 2009, at 3:14 AM, Norris Lockley wrote:
>
>> It's not very often that I dare stray away from commenting on
>> British and
>> French bikes to write about something Italian..and especially not
>> about the
>> MASIs father and son.
>>
>> However I received a phone call early this morning from John
>> Helliwell, the
>> highly regarded saxophonist and master-of-ceremonies of mega-group
>> Supertramp, and no mean cyclist himself, to tell me about an
>> article that he
>> had just read in today's The Guardian newspaper, that would be of
>> interest
>> to me. Beyond that tempting message he could not be coaxed or
>> cajoled into
>> revealing more.
>>
>> So.. not being a newspaper buyer I Googled the newspaper and was
>> lucky in
>> finding the article in the Sports columns. It is a short very
>> evocative
>> article about the desolate and crumbling Vigorelli stadium north-
>> west of
>> Milan...And hat's all I am going to tell you.
>>
>> Bearing in mind that John rang me on his mobile phone from the
>> streets of
>> Manchester..and early morning - he knows that I am not an early
>> riser - I
>> was extremely curious about what the article. Since reading the
>> article I
>> realise the connection is his own MASI bike, one that he bought
>> during the
>> early years of Supertramp's fame when the group was based in the
>> States..and
>> which is the reason that I met John in the first place, as neither
>> Alberto
>> nor Faliero were available to keep the machine well maintained.
>>
>> The article can be found at :
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/
>>
>> Norris Lockley
>>
>> Settle UK ..feeling immensely sad