[CR]WTB: Stem for early California Masi

(Example: Framebuilding:Technology)

Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 21:24:12 -0500
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <118.30e95db0.2d9d0b8b@aol.com>
Subject: [CR]WTB: Stem for early California Masi

I need a 10.5 cm or so stem for a California Masi built in 1974. Brian says the early ones use TTT. Would that be the stem stamped "Record" with the tricolor stickers and the triangular decal on top? Any leads/information appreciated.

Joe


----- Original Message -----
From: NortonMarg@aol.com
To: OROBOYZ@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 1:07 AM
Subject: Re: [CR]Re:Modolo Sintered pads



> In a message dated 3/31/04 1:01:28 PM Pacific Standard Time, OROBOYZ@aol.com
> writes:
>
> > The Sintered pads were perhaps not all they were hyped to be, but certainly
> >
> > not unusable. They were sort of fuzzy and scrapy and not at all smooth in
> > action. Maybe they did cut through rim sidewall crude better and stop well,
> > but
> > from a tactile sense they could be unpleasant to use. Modolo hoped they
> > would be
> > a huge aftermarket seller, to be used on all brands of brakes.. That was not
> >
> > to be!
> >
>
> Wow, we have had different experiences! I am still using the sinterized pads
> on all my bikes and find them far superior to the black Campy pads. They do
> chew through rim anodization, but on the plus side, I find them very progressive
> and really impressive at higher speeds. I'm using both the plain old Campy
> sidepulls and the single pivot monoplanar Chorus brakes. The Chorus brakes with
> these pads are the best thing I've ever used!
> My dislike of the Campy black brake pads goes back to the days of Fiamme red
> label rims. The Campy's would dig nuggets of aluminum out of the rim and then
> you had no brakes until you stopped, took the wheel off, and picked the nugget
> out of the brake pad. Then you were good to go until next time! When hard
> anodized rims came out, I felt like the Campy pads were vague at high speed.
> I tried various pads, Matthausers, Cool Stops, you name it, I tried it. When
> the Modolo sinterized pads came out, that was it. I use those.
> Stevan Thomas
> Alameda, CA