Mark Agree wrote:
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> A couple of months ago I was inquiring about my Italian Masi (thank you
> again Matteo!), and a well known, vintage bike educated collector emailed me
> about the "V"s on these frames representing that they were built at the
> Vigorelli. His information came directly from a conversation with Alberto Masi
> himself, while chatting in person, in recent years.
> I'm curious of what discussion has there been regarding this piece of
> information, and what the consensus of opinion might be (or have been) about it.
Hi Mark, deja vu all over again (January 2002):
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Subject: [CR]MASI confusion--a reply to Ken
Hi Scott,
I noticed your comments on the CR group regarding so-called "congfente touches" on your Masi. It is a myth of very high proportions to think that because your bike has a couple of holes drilled on the downward pointing lip on the seat lug that it is a Confente touch. As an owner of four Milan built Masi's, one of which has three graduated holes in the area you describe, I often wondered about that, so I posed the question to Alberto, who replied that it was a creative liberty that many of the builders of Italian Masi frames took. I also have a masi with a "V" stamped in the BB shell and on the steerer. To many, the assujmption would be that the frame was built in Verona - funny thing is that it was built at the Vigorelli shop (according to the invoice) and it does NOT have the three holes.
I think it's time to put some of these myths to rest once and for all.
Now that Confente sighting is another story (probably one that I've also heard ad-nauseum).
Please feel free to share my comments with your CR group.
Take care, Ken Denny
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Ken Denny wrote:
>
> (cut) I also have a
> masi with a "V" stamped in the BB shell and on the steerer. To many, the
> assujmption would be that the frame was built in Verona - funny thing is that
> it
> was built at the Vigorelli shop (according to the invoice) and it does NOT
> have
> the three holes.
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I guess I don't understand the point of the above.
A Masi from Verona has to have three holes? Mario Confente never built a Masi without three holes? A Masi built in Verona is not stamped with a "V"? A bike from Vigorelli (in Milan) is not stamped "M" for Milan, but "V" for Vigorelli? I would accept as fact that the letter stamped on a Masi indicates the city it was built in.
Which would I believe? The letter stamped into the steel of a bottom bracket with a steel die, or an invoice? I pick what's stamped on the bike frame and not what is typed on the invoice!
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Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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