Michael Allison wrote:
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> Tom,
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> I don't know about the early Masi's you've ridden, Tom, but they're
> certainly not like a Richard Sachs frames. My 1962 (63?) Masi Special
> that I got from Faliero rides like a modern Ti frame. The bike is 56 x
> 56 with 72 parallel angles and a long rake. Put on some silk tubies and
> it's like air shocks. The frame has a 44.5 cm chainstay and a wheel
> base of 105 cm. Richard makes a beautiful frame but those are not his
> dimensions. No, the early Masis are not over rated.
>
> Michael Allison
> New York, NY
Just to compare my 1963(?) Masi Special (has a magic carpet, floating on clouds ride):
Seat tube(c-c) - 56.0cm Top tube - 56.0cm Chainstay - 44.0cm Wheel base - 103.0cm BB height - 25.5cm (10 1/16") on 23.5mm sew-ups Fork Rake - 5.5cm Head tube - 73.5° Seat tube - 73.5°
Note: Bottom Bracket Shell is 74mm with flanges.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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