oooops. for the english teachers out there... my sentence (below) should read: "...used concurrenty on the italian Masi Prestige frames and on the 'merican Gran Crits." SORRY! e-RICHIE **************************
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 08:08:57 -0500 Richard M Sachs <richardsachs@juno.com>
writes:
> snipped:
> <chasds@mindspring.com> writes:
> Did Alberto have access to the cast lugs in the mid-70s, and
> was he exporting bikes with the Cali Masi graphics, violating the
> licensing?
>
> those lugs were used concurrently on the italian Masi Prestige
> frames whilst (?) and the 'merican Gran Crits. it remains a
> mystery as to whose provenance they really were. my take
> is that they were a product of the 'home office' and offered
> up stateside so the people making the frames under license
> could keep things up-to-spec.
> e-RICHIE
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