Matthew,
I suggest you send it to me for an "autopsy". The brass brazed joints ar e not what needs to be worried about. Some of the silver brazed joints h ave already melted (the cable guides, the seat stay to the lug, and the brake bridge). The condition of the tubing will be the main concern. The silver joints would be easily fixed.
The temp during the fire and wheather it was quenced by the water will d etermine what is left of the tubing in terms of hardness and strength. I could do some deflection testing along with some hardness tests to dete rmine how this frame relates to it's original state. My guess is that it 's toast. BUT, this is a great opportunity to learn a bit about bikes th at have taken a shot at glory, but got burned.
Sounds like mad science and good fun all at the same time, to me.
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
List: About 6 months ago, I met a fellow here in Brooklyn who was riding a biz arr e machine: A half lugged, half fillet brazed MTB with a front suspensio n f ork...and a Gios Torino "Super Record" paint job. Covered in various ty pes of tape and old tubes...An NYC "beater". "Did you convert an old frame into a mountain bike?" "Nah...I had it made custom in Italy...I was a pro for many years." After a few more run-ins and conversations, it turns out he has/had a nu mbe r of on-topic bikes and memorabilia...most of which were lost in a fire in
his apartment here in Greenpoint a couple of years ago. The one bike that he just couldn't let go to waste, though, was his belo ved Masi. He told me he got it directly from Faliero at the Vigorelli. "Mu sta been 35 years ago." I offerred to help him do some research and see if it could somehow be r ecu ssitated.
He left it in my care to "find out what I could find out".
Based on Bob Hovey's page, it looks like a 76-77? The date on the Super Re cord rear derailleur is 1977. Bottom bracket stamps read "C 54" and (in smaller stamp) "841". Steerer tube also stamped "C 54". Stay caps have "Masi" above "Brev". Two braze-on cable guides are missing, the rear brake bridge is detached an d the right seat stay cap is separated from the seat lug cluster. Please provide any information you can, based on the pics shown in my ne w W oolJersey folder:
http://www.wooljersey.com/
Is this thing just "toast", or what? Or is there any chance it could be br ought back from the dead? Do any of you have any experience bringing a bik e back from a similar state?
Matthew Bowne Brooklyn, New York (where having a burnt Masi in my car feels almost as cool as having a Ma si)
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