Re: [CR]Two Masi bikes for sale on iBOB

Charlie,

Thanks for pointing the Masis out. I do have something to say about the GC for sale that the seller is using my name to make some claims about. To those who know a lot about Masis, it should be obvious that the selle r is claiming things that are not true about the bike. I said no such th ing about Confente special build or anything else. There was some questi on as to what the serial number of the bike was. That often times sugges ts a down tube replacement. Don't know if one had been done before, but I put in a new down tube because when I removed the improper shifter lev er brazeons from the frame the tubes was cracked on both sides; caused b y poor braze on work. Furthermore, the bike had been completely chrome p lated and then stripped of the aftermarket chrome, which is how it arriv ed at my place. This bike was one step away from death. I saved it's lif e and made it look like new only with a ton of work. My understanding wa s the owner intended to keep the bike, not try to pass ot off on eBay fo r reduculous money by making claims about what it isn't, when what it is is quite different. This annoys me tremendously. I dopn't rescue the ba sket cases so that people can off them. I was told there was sentimental value in this bike and that the supreme effort to save it was worth it, etc.

I'm really sorry I have to do this from time to time, but I simply can n ot allow people to make such claims using my name to give credibility to obvious fabrications.

Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA