If I remember correctly the lugs used today by many of the folks we fondly call KOF are made by Long Shen. If memory serves these are highest quality castings made in....uuum Asia. Nation of origin seems to have less bearing on quality of product these days.
Nick Zatezalo Atlanta,Ga.
> [Original Message]
> From: Angel Garcia <veronaman@comcast.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Date: 3/7/2005 3:18:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Masi Article NOW Colnago's Direction
>
> Colnago has issued a statement that low and mid-tier bikes carrying the
> Colnago name are going to begin to be built in Asia. I believe that none
of
> these are destined to the USA market but rather to Europe, etc. But, the
> writing (or more writing) is on the wall. Maybe things will have to get
> worse before they can get better.
>
> Angel Garcia
> Long Valley, NJ
>
>
>
>
> Well, Faliero's got his son to carry on his name and some would argue he's
> doing a better job of it than Haro.
>
> But my "depression" is not caused specifically by either the US or Italian
> Masi but rather the bike industry in general. Faliero came to this
country
> and
> saw to it that the bikes that were built here met his standards of
> craftsmanship and his basic design philosophy (one tenet of which was
never
> to make a
> "B" model, or "price-point" frame). And when he subcontracted work out
it
> was
> to folks like Confente in the next city, folks he always kept a close eye
on
> ,
> not a huge factory halfway around the world that makes bikes for them and
a
> dozen other companies at the same time.
>
> Everybody does it now (including Alberto) and the situation's probably
never
>
> going to change, but it still makes me sad. The bit of warm fuzzy I feel
> when I see something like Alberto's Nuovo Prestige with Sachs lugs, nice
pai
> nt
> and a bit of chrome, or Pegoretti's beautiful lugged frame with the twin
pla
> te
> crown is just not enough to counteract the blue funk I descend into every
ti
> me
> I walk into a modern bike shop.
>
> Which is why I am here.
>
> Bob Hovey
> Columbus, GA
>
>
> http://www.cbike.com/
>
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