Kerrigan,
You are correct. That IS NOT a Gran Criterium. Obviously someone put Mas i decals on something. The amature who put the decals on the frame over the top coat of paint left a lot of varnish behind. The frame could be o ne of the "cheaper" Italian production versions of Masi.
The $7 deal is still really good; but no need to be sad that a GC got tu rned into a fixed gear street bike. As good of use for it as any.
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
Does anyone else think that bike doesn't look very "Gran Criterium"-like ? I'm not sure I've ever seen any Masi with double taper seat stays, as th at bike appears to have. Same for the fork crown. And I don't think I've ever seen a Gran Criterium with those lugs.
I suppose that bike could have been a later, Billato-built, Gran Corsa, but I'm not very familiar with those. Of course, I defer to our more expert
Masistas on this . . . but, notwithstanding the former decals, I don't t hink that is a GC.
Kerrigan Bennett Pleasant Hill, CA USA
Archive-URL: http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10711 .1015. eml From: Darcy Warn <bolddisaster(AT)hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:58:03 -0700 Subject: [CR]fixie thing has gone too far! <http://search.bikelist.org/query.asp?SearchString=%22fixie+thing+has+ gone+t oo+far%21%22&SearchPrefix=%40msgsubject&SortBy=MsgDate%5Ba%5D>
stuff like this makes me sad, but I'm preaching to the choir. Are Masi's co mmon trash in California?
http://fixedgeargallery.com/2007/nov/3/DavidChildress.htm
OK, it mostly steams me because Italian bikes are so rare in Idaho-I thi nk
I've seen three in ten years...
Darcy Warn,
SW Idaho