Nothing gonna stop anybody from building a bicycle frame if they please to do so .
And not hard to accept that it's possible that Faliero might have actually taken up the hacksaw , and the torch , and the file , and made a frame , or frames , late in his life .
But ,
The chances .
The odds .
The percentages .
We are just discussing factors here , leading up to informed and educated guesses .
For someone who put down the metal working tools , and took up a supervisory role , and then retired from that supervisory role . . .
It would seem one smaller step to un-retire by becoming a supervisor on the building of a few more frame sets .
It would seem to be several , much , Much , MUCH larger steps , to un-retire by cutting tubing , mitering tubing , brazing , and filing . It would seem even less likely , if he had not actually built a frame for decades .
Just speculating about the chances , that's all .
Any level of participation by Mr. Faliero Masi was certainly POSSIBLE .
Just chatting about the chances .
Cheers ,
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas
>
> In a message dated 6/7/03 11:09:11 AM, Raoul Delmare writes:
>
> >NOT a fair comparison !
> >
> >Brian Baylis builds bicycle frames , single handedly .
> >
> >Faliero Masi gave that up , and moved into more of a supervisory role,
> >long , long , before he ever considered "retiring" .
> >
> >So , if Brian Baylis came out of "retirement" , he would build a
bicycle
> >frame .
> >
> >But if Faliero Masi came out of "retirement" , he would supervise
someone
> >building a bicycle frame .
>
> I do not understand the logic here... Are you saying a person who gives up
> framebuilding for supervising cannot decide to build a few more frames?
Seems
> like if Ben Serotta puts down his torch to manage his company and in 2014
> decides to build a frame for the heck of it (or as a favor to a friend),
what's
> gonna stop him? Same with Eisentraut. Why is the idea of Faliero
building a
> frame in his '60's or even '70's so hard to accept?
>
> Bob Hovey
> Columbus, GA