Re: [CR] Ebay Masi's

(Example: Framebuilding)

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] Ebay Masi's
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:20:08 -0700
To: Classic Rendezvous Bike List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Grant McLean wrote:
> What was it about the end of the 70's that made Masi owners go out
> and pay good money
> to have braze-ons and paint added to their original Masi bikes!
> Arrrrgh!!
>
> How ironic is it that these attempts to "modernize" these classic
> bikes back the 80's ended
> up reducing the "value" of the bikes to those who cherish original
> condition. At the very
> least, E-Richie's restorations work with the spirit of the material.

One of e-RICHIE©\u2122®'s favorite sayings: "One man's celling is another man's floor."

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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