--- "kohl57@starpower.net" <kohl57@starpower.net>
wrote:
> 1983 also marked the end of that last great
> powerhouse team of the classic
>
> era, TI RALEIGH after 1000 wins since its inception
> in 1973.
>
> And it was also the end of "real" Raleighs sold in
> the USA with the
> takeover of Raleigh USA by Huffy.
In the Fall of '83 I first heard of Masi. By winter, I was making them. Though, I now know, not as real as Carlsbad Masis, certainly not as real as Real Italian Masis, but certainly more real than Haro Masis. And, maybe even more real, Faliero-wise real, than aluminized, carbon-fiberized, Real Italian Masis? I dunno. Joe Starck Masidon, Wisconsin