RE: [CR]Seattle Craigslist Masi

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Subject: RE: [CR]Seattle Craigslist Masi
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 23:45:31 -0700
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Thread-Topic: [CR]Seattle Craigslist Masi
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: "Ken Freeman" <freesound@comcast.net>, "Kendra Coatney" <masi3vgirl@gmail.com>, "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Kendra Coatney wrote:
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> http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bik/181407677.html

That's one of the death stems John Allen warns about (http://www.bikexprt.com/witness/product/stems.htm - thank you Sheldon for the link), so whoever buys the bike, please replace the stem. It is a lot more likely to snap without warning than most stems. It still probably won't, but the stakes are too high.

The frame is semi-mass produced -- some might say "not a real Masi", but in light of what has become of that marque in recent years, you could do worse. I think the price is a little high if you discount the Masi cachet, which this frame has little claim to.

Mark "not a Masi expert" Bulgier
Seattle WA USA