Oops on the signature. Meant to type Masi and Mario came out. My bad.
I don't know what the factory colors were, but this was a light blue without panels or contrasting head tube (I think) and painted cut outs. Lugs were not Nervex fancy lugs, but I don't know enough to say if they were cast or not. BB had the "M" cut out. Short pointed smooth lugs with cut outs and a double fork crown are what I remember, but now it's been 24 hours since I looked at it. BTW, old logo hoods on NR levers, fairly heavily oxidized but not torn to pieces. They were trying to figure how to rewrap the bars without destroying the hoods.
Size looked like about 56cm. If it were 62cm, none of you would have heard any of this and I would be busy besieging to the shop.
Tom Adams, in Kansas City
> Tom,
>
> I'm not sure a repainted CA Masi with a Mario signatrue on the top tube
> is actually a "rare" bike. The factory would never put a Mario decal on
> a Masi, not to mention that the decal didn't exist during the early CA
> Masi period. Is it a "factory color and paint job"? Sounds like a Masi
> possibly repainted by Medici or someone else a while ago. Does this bike
> have Nervex lugs (Mod. 32) or investment cast?
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> >
> > Attention all listees living in or visiting the Kansas City area.
> >
> > The gents at Midwest Cyclery are the luckiest %$#&'s around! Someone
walked
> > in off the street wanting to sell a mid 70's Masi Gran Criterium. Bike
is
> > in tremendous shape, light blue, decals over 95% intact, all Campy Nuovo
> > Record, 175 mm arms, absolutely gorgeous. Naturally they snapped it up.
> > Talked to Jeremy at the shop who pulled it off the hangers for me to
> > inspect. Yowza! They haven't decided whether to detail it and sell, or
> > keep it as a museum piece. Stop in and take a gander.
> >
> > Extra details: Bike is a California model with Mario's signature on the
> > left top tube. Brazeons are BB top cable guides, chainstay derailer
cable
> > guide and one set of bottle braze ons and that's all. No shifter bosses
or
> > brake cable guides. Lug work is super. Straight lever quick releases,
> > bumpy campy shift levers, nutted brakes, low flange hubs, Martello (?)
rims,
> > NR pedals with strap loops, etc, etc.
> >
> > Tom Adams, chilly still in KC