i wasn't thinking "better" or not. i was just trying to discern the consumer's pov regarding the strength of the brand versus the fact that the product is so many generations removed from both the vig gig and the masical gig. as i wrote in another post, haro has, and torelli had, the legal rights to the name. there's no disputin' rasputin. i just was asking about the emotion involved when a consumer buys an 80s or 90s or haro masi. in this era, does that name carry the weight that it did way back when? e-RICHIE chester, ct
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:22:54 EST FedMaritime@aol.com writes: In a message dated 3/18/2004 1:08:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, richardsachs@juno.com writes: but the "haro" just like the ebay frame, was made by a company that owned the name rather than the family business or even its soucal stepchild. Oh you mean like an AMF Harley Davidson?
The Mondonico frames built for Masi USA in '96 were probably better than what Alberto was building concomitantly for Euro consumption. Were SoCal Masi's from '74-'83 (to keep inside the timeline) better machines than Vigorelli models of the same era? If so, which are the 'real' Masi's? The better ones, the ones with Faliero's authorized decal, the ones made at the center of the universe? Earnesto had his Colnago's fabricated all over the place right? Is a Csuka Singer a Singer, or a better Singer?
All rhetorical -- all with a smile.
Regards,
Carlo Carr
NOLA
(Go Saint Joe's!!)