b.i.n.g.o. Dale Phelps, Longmont CO
Tom Dalton <tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com> wrote: <snip> they have that better-than-necessary level of finish. The perfection that we see in something like a Richard Sachs seems to be something born on these shores, and I think the Cal Masis may have combined this with Italian Mystique for the ultimate combination of traits that straddle the Atlantic. Or am I just missing something? Are there Italian bikes, and Masis in particular that are finished like the early Carlsbad bikes? To be honest, Im mostly going by photos that Ive seen, so maybe Ive come to some suspect conclusions. But arent the Carlsbad Masis finished to a different standard than the contemporaneous Italian ones and similar Italian bikes?
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