Re: [CR]Masi/Performance urban legend?

>From the Fall/Winter 1984-85 Performace catalog.

Somehow I saved this in a box of old magazines and it's come in handy recently as a reference. See these 2 pages I scanned:

http://twistcomm.com/Bikes/Bike014.jpg Performance Brand "Campione" and "Blue Ridge" Bicycle frames. ($350)

http://twistcomm.com/Bikes/Bike015.jpg Other frames they carried. No Masi but Eddy Merckx, De Rosa, CIOCC, Pinarello and Guerciotti. (Priced from $495 to $650.)

********************************** Fred Yavorsky Jenkintown, PA fred@twistcomm.com http://twistcomm.com/FredBikes.html

> From: Dan Siniff <dcsiniff@sbcglobal.net>
> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:57:19 -0700 (PDT)
> To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: [CR]Masi/Performance urban legend?
>
> I am a newbie to CRs list but I have Never heard anything that Performance was
> selling Masi's under their brand name. I think this gentleman is a bit
> confused. I am not a expert but Masi USA has gone through some changes in its
> history. I believe under the Torelli umbrella most of the models were made in
> Italy by a company other then Masi(Alberto); only the Gran Crit, Volumetric
> and some track frames were US made by Ted and Joe during the mid 80s to mid
> 90s.
> I did see Nouva Strada, Gran Corsa, and Nouva Record lugged steel models
> offered in the Performance catalog in the last year or so but I assumed that
> Performance bought a warehouse or something and these frames were included.
> Masi Italy ( Alberto) did not supply any frames to the US under the Masi name
> in the period in question. There were some Prestige models imported into
> Canada that made it too the US and Alberto sells in the US under the Milano
> name.
> I think the gentleman saw the lugged steel Masi's in the Performance catalog
> and assumed that his Asian lugged frame was made in Europe. But that is only
> my take on the situation.
>
> Dan Siniff
> Bay City, MI