RE: Masi Gran Criterium C8376
This bike would have been built in the third quarter of 1983.
Moulton was gone when this bike was built... he was laid off at the end of '81 due to excess of inventory. Masi sold warehoused bikes thruout '82 which explains why there are so few '82's on the Registry (and they are mostly Pistas, which were done on an as-ordered basis). Moulton was asked to return in 1983 but declined as he was by that time heavily involved with his own bikes. Tesch was hired instead. Joe Starck was not hired until December of '84 so your bike's builder was probably either Tesch or Kirkbride. An outside possiblility might be Rob Roberson... Starck said Rob had a short tenure at San Marcos following his work at the Ranch (I believe he said they worked together for part of 1984) so it is possible he might have been there in 1983 as well.
For more info than you probably want about Masi serial numbers, check out my article below:
http://bhovey.com/
Bob Hovey Columbus, GA USA
In a message dated 1/12/07 12:23:59 PM, Anthony writes:
> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:50:58 -0800
> From: "Anthony Musick" <antoniclese@gmail.com>
> Subject: [CR]A few Masi mysteries...
>
>
> I've been doing a little detective work on this beautiful Masi Gran
> Criterium I recently purchased. As is evident on the BB, it was built
> in San Marcos sometime at the end of 1983, but who was building at
> that time? More specifically, who could've built this particular
> frame? Also, someone suggested that it's been repainted, as these
> decals didn't show up until later, but the original owner assured me
> otherwise. Finally, the rack braze-ons are throwing me off. Was this a
> custom option? Any further information would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks!
>
> As not to post a bunch of large attachments, see photos here:
> http://www.flickr.com/
>
> Anthony Musick
> Leucadia, CA