snipped: <brianbaylis@juno.com> writes: "There is another obscure method that Mario used when he built his own bikes or did customs ar Masi. It involved brazing the uncut seat stays to the seat lug while the frame was in the fixture, and then cutting the stays off and putting the cap on, sometimes with silver braze so as not to remelt the stay junction. These stays are canted forward of square and are recognizable by an experienced eye. Most Verona built Masi GC's show this trait as do Mario built customs from the states."
baylis-issimo,
tommasini (sp?) did this too, in the 70s.
he "learned" from pela, a name needing no intro here.
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