RE: [CR]1984 Russian Masi?

(Example: Framebuilding)

From: "Bill Mattinson" <billmatt@sonic.net>
To: "Steve Maas" <smaas@nonlintec.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]1984 Russian Masi?
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:01:34 -0700
In-Reply-To: <3EAD7E44.6090909@nonlintec.com>


Steve said: I am also
> a little skeptical, so I wrote to the seller, asking how a guy in
> California happens to have a bike purchased for the 1984 Russian Olympic
> team. No response yet.

Didn't the Russians boycott the '84 Olympics? The original owner (Dave Walters) of the bike shop next door to my office here in Santa Rosa had one of these "Russian" '84 Olympics Masi 3V track bikes. I can't recall if he bought it from Masi or someone else or from a Russian but I know it was the real deal. Had Cyrillac Russian team decals on it. I might have bought it but it was a bit small for me.

Bill Mattinson
Sonoma County, CA