Mark Cutrufelli wrote:
>"As you have also found out, Masi measures to the tip top of the seat lug to
>get the frame size. So to some, the bikes run small."
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>You state that Masi measures to the tip-top of the seat lug. Does this mean
>on the lug this is to the top of the peaks? When I do this, measuring from
>the center of the BB I think I get a measure slightly greater than the
>marked "54". But not if I measure only to the top of the seat lug ingnoring
>peaks (the points) it is 54.
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>Mark Cutrufelli
>Laurel,MD
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I have found that seat tubes often vary .5 cm either way, I ave big and
small 56 cm frames and same for 57 cm all from Masi, both production
sites. In general one does not come up with the stamped size in the same
manor as oftemn measured by others, typically it is short.
To tell if yours is a tall 54 or a short 55, measure the top tube, if it is 55cm or a tad longer even, then you have a frame that was jigged up as a 55 that was not set accurately, The fixtures were adjustable, and depended on a reference frame to be fitted and the jig adjusted to that, so "close enough" happened, my very late Carlsbad 56, was a short 57 cm frame as far as op tube dimensions go, with a 72° head angle. Bike actually rode quite well, sold long ago to pay for a few semesters of school.
John Jorgensen