I spoke to former 1950s Masi builder, Sre. Chiossi,
regarding choice of tubing. He said that Masi used
Reynolds because it was "superior" to Columbus.
Scott in St. Paul
> DAVIDTESCH@aol.com writes:
>
> << Yes, you are on the right trail, be sure to
> include Columbus with that
> one,
> family ties you know. Notice that even in later
> years with the advent of the
> 3V, it still did not use Columbus, it used French
> tubing, if I am not
> mistaken. These decisions may have been born of
> political, or emotional
> motivation, >>
> I think with the 3V it may have had something to do
> with the quality of
> Excell tubing in particular, and most importantly
> that an oversize straight
> gauge tube was readily available from them. I have a
> Steelman made of
> "regular" Excell, and my impression is it's "better"
> than SL (in my 62 cm
> frame size). One of the things they used to do at
> the Excell booth at the
> trade shows, was squash a tube in a vice 'till it
> was nearly flat, then
> release it and watch it pop back to normal (am I
> remembering that right?)
> That wouldn't work with Columbus or Reynolds.
> Masi seemed to prefer TTT. I'd sure like to hear
> more about why if someone
> knows.
> Stevan Thomas
> Alameda, CA
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