BobHoveyGa@aol.com wrote:
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> I think I remember Brian saying that no one was ever sure if "MC" at first
> meant "Masi California" or "Masi Carlsbad." One thing you can be absolutely
> sure of... it does NOT stand for "Mario Confente" or "Milano Constructe" (the
> former being the second most popular Ebay Masi Urban Legend, next to: "This
> bike was autographed by Faliero Masi...").
Bob, the convention at Masi in Italy was to use letters to signify cities where the bikes were built (the subcontractor's city) so that there would be a letter and frame size in cm stamped in the BB (no serial number but you knew that).
So you'd see M 58 with the "M" signifying Milano or V 57 with the "V" signifying Verona etc. So logically the MC would signify "Masi Carlsbad" and not "Masi California."
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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