Jerry & Liz Moos wrote:
>
> I must confess, I was originally contemptuous of California Masis as "not the
> real thing" and remember thinking, when I first saw "Breaking Away" in its
> original release, that the hero should have owned a "real" Italian bike. It was
> only after I joined this list that I learned the amazing number of top American
> builders associated with California Masis. So while these may be "fake" Italian
> bikes, they are very genuine high quality American ones, and the best American
> builders are every bit as good as the Italians.
Jerry,
Faliero Masi decides to build bikes in California, sends his Master Frame Builder Mario Confente to California to build bikes, and you say they are "fake" Italian bikes???
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, Southern California