Ted Kirkbride owns the "Masi" name/trademark in the US of A....
Matt Gorski
Belmont Shore, CA
> Actually the story goes like this:
>
> Haro Bikes lisenced the Masi name a couple of years ago and is marketing a
> more contemproary line of bikes and frames. Yup they are ugly and mountain
> bikey and just like every other machine in the TdF or Giro or your local
> crit. I don't know anything about the connection between Haro and Mr. Masi
> behind the Vigorelli Velodrome. Did Haro work with him or some other
entity
> that had the rights to the Masi Marquee in North America? I don't know. If
> Haro did ask and work with the Old Man, I'm not surprised. The labor of
love
> called framebuilding is pretty expensive these days, and I suspect most
> craftsmen are not getting paid for what they are worth, with few
exceptions;
> maybe the liscencing deal allows Masi to afford the rent under the
Velodrome
> and the ability to buy some silver solder.
>
> Tom Martin
> Oakland CA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mmeison@scubadiving.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 6:42 AM
> Subject: [CR]OT Masi, whats in a name
>
>
> > As for the new mountain bike ugly Masi's being sold (dumped)
> > on E-bay. I believe I read somewhere that the name Masi was bought
> > by Haro (or some other OT company) and are all sourced from Taiwan.
> >
> > Marty Eison
> > Dallas, soggy, Texas