Re: [CR]Masi Prestige

(Example: Bike Shops)

In-Reply-To: <5409B48DCCB8D411B8E900805F9F4C3239FF4D@mlnt2s.imf.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 18:39:29 -0800
To: "Bingham, Wayne" <WBINGHAM@imf.org>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Monkeyman" <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Masi Prestige


Nice new toy you have there. Maybe it's just me but orange (and I don't just mean Eddy's orange) is just a great color for bikes.
>The seatpost appears to be a fluted NR. I know the first SR was twin-bolt
>fluted, but weren't the flutes shorter and tapered? Is this one an
>after-market job?

Have milling machine will travel, or atleast have fun with bike parts. I've never seen one with the flutes all the way out the top. Like with stems and cranks that have been milled keep a close eye on it.
>Appears to have LF front and HF rear hubs. Did people actually do that
>intentionally, or is this just a mismatched set?

I've seen this a few times and have heard a couple of different stories about it, but the one I believe is that people were looking for the "benefits" of the Hi-Lo hub without actually having a Hi-Lo.

enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives

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