That is what I thought also, I had a Cannondale with one of those. Could be filled I suppose.
Derek Willburn
Long Beach, CA USA
> From: Steven Willis <smwillis@verizon.net>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] That little Masi on eBay
\r?\n> To: raydobbins2003@yahoo.com, "Classic Rendezvous Bike List" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 2:24 PM
\r?\n> It looks like the ones that you drill a hole straight
\r?\n> through the frame and it threads together, to me.
\r?\n> Steven Willis
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\r?\n> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond
\r?\n> Dobbins" <raydobbins2003@yahoo.com>
\r?\n> To: "Classic Rendezvous Bike List"
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\r?\n> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 5:14 PM
\r?\n> Subject: [CR] That little Masi on eBay
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> A few days ago John Waner was concerned about what looked
\r?\n> like chrome shi
\r?\n> fter bosses on this 1970/71 Masi GC, and Dale Brown said
\r?\n> that they were "
\r?\n> add on Shimano shift lever chrome finish plastic adapters.
\r?\n> Should pop off a
\r?\n> nd reveal the brazed on Campag style bosses
\r?\n> underneath..."
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I thought Dale's eagle-eye opinion was correct (the
\r?\n> auction photos are very
\r?\n> small), but I just saw that the seller has added some new
\r?\n> info and pics, c
\r?\n> onfirming that they are shifter bosses that have been added
\r?\n> on, apparently
\r?\n> by way of four small screws on each boss.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> A lamentable modification, but still a cool little frame.
\r?\n> In case you
\r?\n> are planning on bidding (John?), but haven''t seen
\r?\n> the new info and pic
\r?\n> s...auction ends in under four hours:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> http://ebay.com/
\r?\n>
\r?\n> BTW, I've never seen those shifter bosses before, and
\r?\n> I'm wondering how wel
\r?\n> l four little screws into the thin metal, will hold.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Ray Dobbins
\r?\n> Miami, Florida USA