Re: [CR]Does my Masi Nuova Strada make this an on topic post?

Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:53:29 -0600
To: Jim Allen <MotorRef@peoplepc.com>, Ryan Allen <ryanhallen@hotmail.com>
From: "Curt Goodrich" <goodrichbikes@netzero.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Does my Masi Nuova Strada make this an on topic post?
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

>Ryan Allen wrote:
>
>>I know that the Masi name was bought by Schwinn. I believe that my Masi
>>Nuova Strada was produced just before this occured because it does not
>>look at all like the one Schwinn produced. It was pretty cheap by bike
>>standards. I think I paid 1,000

I'm pretty sure Schwinn didn't buy the name. Schwinn set up a distribution arrangement with their dealers and got something for the arrangement. I know this didn't happen within the list's time line. I don't know if these bikes are grand fathered in under the KOF clause. They might be but you never know given the unpredictable whims of our benevolent leader. :-)

Curt Goodrich
Minneapolis, MN