Hello again,
In a message dated 11/6/01 10:22:08 PM, tech@worrall.co.nz writes:
<< CYCLESTORE@aol.com wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> On the Peugeot Masi's. These bikes would have been pointless to construct as
> I have been told that Peugeot had a race shop to build team and custom bikes
> to order for many years.
The same could be said about Bianchi, yet Coppi had some frames built by Masi when he rode for Bianchi. DB >>
I didn't say it couldn't have happened. Rumors even suggest that Masi's were built by Mario Confente. Rumors abound but did Masi actually build bikes for Coppi? How often though, was he his primary builder and did he ever work for Bianchi and who is Masi? Alberto, Falerino and some long lost Masi namesake cousin. While I would not dispute this I have missed out on any documentation that might support this over the last 30 years or so.
The last time I spoke to Coppi shortly before his death in 1960 he said to me, "Bambino, I likea ta ride datta Masi tricyclette lika you but I'ma under da contrata witha olde Edwardo Bianchi don's cha know; si." I was three years old then and I don't remember what bike he really rode.
Brian Bayliss or Jim Cunningham who both worked at Masi in America must have some rumor or real facts on this Masi Coppi connection and some sources-documentation to back this up if available.
Sorry to sound so skeptical but I've been in the bike business for almost three full decades and I have not seen it all but I have seen similar unsupported claims (not that this is unsupported) on every rider, team and bike factory and small builder and I hate to see misinformation like this spread. Lots of locker room talk at bike school turns out to started by importers trying to increase the cache attached to their products or even users(riders) trying to build up the reputation of their personal ride. You can pay a lot for a name in this game.
Today I have been told Lance Armstrong only rides Litespeeds painted like Trek's. While he certainly my own or ride a Litespeed and use it in some competitions unless Litespeed has secretly started making Carbon Fiber bikes then paints them like Trek's, this is a falsehood. Lance Armstrong owns and rides many brands of bikes from what I have seen, these are facts.
Regards,
Gilbert Anderson" A person who because of the smooth detached ride similar to gliding through the country side from your sofa; will like Brian Bayliss, only drive the well engineered Cadillac Esqilade, the biggest SUV on the planet, also driven exclusively by Eddy Merckx, Francisco Moser, Raymond Polidor and built by Cadillac in America, not the Ferrari factory in Mexico."
In a message dated 11/6/01 10:22:08 PM, tech@worrall.co.nz writes:
<< CYCLESTORE@aol.com wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> On the Peugeot Masi's. These bikes would have been pointless to construct as
> I have been told that Peugeot had a race shop to build team and custom bikes
> to order for many years.
The same could be said about Bianchi, yet Coppi had some frames built by Masi
when
he rode for Bianchi.
DB
>>