I should add (lest it be dismissed without so much as a look) that the mixte MT-12 is not without some redeeming merits: the cottered Ofmega crank is not unpretty and the bike does sport (as the specs proudly declare) "Wing nuts"!
Lee Berg Palo Alto
Lee Berg wrote:
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> For Maserati aficionados and others just curious about the marquee:
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> I have posted literature photos and specs for four 1974 Maserati
> bicycles at:
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> http://albums.photopoint.com/
>
> They range (interestingly) from the respectable "Columbus or Reynolds
> tubing", Prugnat lugged, (Nuovo) Record equipped "Tipo 2" through the
> Valentino derailleur (with red washer shift levers)/Universal 61 brakes
> equipped "Tipo 8" and the safety lever equipped "Tipo 10" to the
> (gaspipe?) mixte, steel-rimmed "Tipo 12".