Re: [CR]ebay outing: another nice Masi GC

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Cinelli)

From: <"richardsachs@juno.com">
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:08:29 GMT
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [CR]ebay outing: another nice Masi GC
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

i'm not buying this. some were made in rancho santa fe. some were made in oakland. some were made in san marcos. the "C" would logically connote california. e-RICHIE chester, ct


-- Chuck Schmidt wrote:


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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