----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Rawson" <twrawson@worldnet.att.net> To: "Rich Rose" <rrose@normandassociates.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Masi vs Waterford
> OK, why?
>
> You qualified your answer "for a bike I was going to ride".
Why
> choose Waterford for "riding"? Opens question why else would
you
> buy a bike? Collecting? Investing? Looking?
> Building/maintaining?Trying to get something going here that
may
> (or may not) stimulate list.
> Tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rich Rose" <rrose@normandassociates.com>
> To: "Thomas Rawson" <twrawson@worldnet.att.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:13 PM
> Subject: RE: [CR]Masi vs Waterford
>
>
> For a bike I was going to ride, I'd take the Waterford.
> Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Rawson [mailto:twrawson@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 2:18 PM
> To: Rich Rose
> Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Masi vs Waterford
>
> Rich,
> Yah, sorry should have said 25 year old Masi. Hoping to hit two
> examples of higher quality production frames. Trying not to
lead
> answers but looking for list of attributes that includes not
only
> the visible - physical stuff but price/value, "history".
> Thanks
> Tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rich Rose" <rrose@normandassociates.com>
> To: "Thomas Rawson" <twrawson@worldnet.att.net>;
> <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:38 AM
> Subject: RE: [CR]Masi vs Waterford
>
>
> Are we talking current Masi, as in "Milano", or comparing a
> vintage Masi
> with a current Waterford? No matter. I think that Waterfords
> might be
> the nicest "production" frames that I have seen. Others more
> knowledgeable than I may disagree? Not an RS or a Weigle
(Baylis,
> Bohemian etc...), perhaps, but really nice steel frames.
> Richard Rose (Toledo, Ohio)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of
> Thomas
> Rawson
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:33 PM
> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Masi vs Waterford
>
> The old Product Manager in me is curious about something.
Wonder
> if the list is curious as well.
>
> Supposing you were going to buy a road bike today. Given our
> general preferences lets say it would be steel, lugged, one
> color.
>
> Would you buy a Masi or a Waterford and why?
>
> Tom Rawson
> Oakland, CA
> (formerly Brookline Village, MA and Guilford, CT)