I ride in Windsor, Ontario and just across the river in the Detroit suburbs, sometimes on my Campy and toe-clipped classics (a '75 Kessels Main D'or and a '78 Kessels Merckx) and sometimes on my Cervelo Soloist Team. All three bikes are headturners, but I can count on one hand the number of times someone has complimented my bikes on group rides. I chalk it up to the wierd anti-social competitive thing among roadies. I also do triathlons, and I find those folks much more social--and complimentary. They also like to talk gear. So I don't think it was anti-Masi, but just typical boorish roadie behavior. My two cents.