funny - back in the CR list "old days" this subject was debated every other week. i've been on both sides of this issue, and i'm not even a blond!!!!! i'm curious as to why folks think these framebuilder slash icon types want to stay at their benchs all day long until retirement and "create" those dang same ol' things year after year. etcetera. over "there", framebuilding is not the touchy feely artsy phartsy profession that we have/had projected it to be. most who were doing it were born into the family business or entered it after grade school; it wasn't to exercise a creative bent or to "keep the flame burning". those who succeeded at it in various eras should be allowed the opportunity of profiting from the market they helped create. to a builder, i never met any italian who believed it was a virtue to stand at a bench when the option to "grow the business" was possible. e-RICHIE chester, ct
BobHoveyGa@aol.com writes: Sad isn't it? The good news is that Masi (Alberto that is) apparently has regained US rights to his name so perhaps these Chinese bikes are going to get some competition on our shores. Even better (and on-topic) news is that some of those Italian Masi's will be KOF's... according to the ad in the third
Asphalt, we should expect to see a steel internally-lugged 3V, and a Sachs-lugged Nuevo Prestige. I still like the old bikes better, but I can't help but
welcome the news... could it be that round steel tubes might become a new fashion in the bike industry?
Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA