Brian, having learned that Mario was instrumental in the development of the Masi investment cast lugs and used them on his bikes, gives me an little feel for his mind set. This causes me to believe he would jump on carbon fibre and titanium in a heartbeat. Now how financially successful he would be at selling his bikes is another question. His biggest handicap would have been the fact that he was in California and the majority of pro riders are in Europe.#2 Would he ever have come up with the money to sponsor a pro team, which as you know, is needed to get your name in front of the masses. What do you think? Sterling ------Original Message------ From: Brian Baylis <rocklube@adnc.com> To: sterling peters <sterlingcapital@mail.com> Sent: March 8, 2001 5:28:52 PM GMT Subject: Re: [CR]Mario Confente (was inconsequential bollocks)
sterling,
I'll address the Confente frames from a "framebuilder" viewpoint shortly, but I (and I'm sure everyone else) need a break from the spewings from my piehole.
Sit tight,
Brian Baylis
>
> I'd like to here from Brian on this one, he worked with the man for a few
> years. Sterling
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: brucerobbins@worldmailer.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: March 8, 2001 11:03:08 AM GMT
> Subject: [CR]Mario Confente (was inconsequential bollocks)
>
> Richard Sachs wrote:
>
> "...mario confente (sic) may likely have forgotten more about frames at
age
> 33 than most of us will ever learn. he should be put on a pedastal and
> revered, if for no other reason than that it will never be known what his
> full potential could have been, and what impact that potential may have
had
> in the subsequent years. i thought he was an icon in 1974, and i believe
> similarly today."
>
> Perhaps he peaked early...
>
> Bruce "If I'm going to deify someone I'll at least spell his name with
> initial capitals" Robbins
>
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