In a message dated 7/7/03 2:35:15 PM, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org
writes:
>Time again to set the "Wayback Machine" for a trip to the past. Set the
>controls to early 1974, Mr. Peabody. We will be visiting the Masi, CA
>workshop in Carlsbad, California as fledgling framebuilder Brian Baylis
>gets his first opportunity to participate in the actual framebuilding
>process.
> Thank God for Ron Smith. He was so much more sensitive to the
> fine points of craftsmanship than the production minded Italians.
Incredible stuff... Thanks!!! This is definitly the kind of reading that makes it fun being a listmember. (And this particular chapter also goes a long way toward explaining why, within a few short years, the California frames became more desirable than the Italian ones).
What is Ron Smith doing these days? And was Jim Allen one of the early alums?
Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA