It is pretty well accepted that both Merckx and Simpsons rode Masis, at least on occasion. By alleged, I only meant I don't have first hand knowledge, nor do I know the details of the frames or if they used them constantly or only in certain events.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA
> From: r7glm@aol.com <r7glm@aol.com>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Francophile rides a Masi
\r?\n> To: jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net, R7Glm@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Friday, May 1, 2009, 6:45 AM
\r?\n> I wouldn't say that Merckx "allegedly" rode a
\r?\n> Masi painted as a Peugeot. I specifically recall a picture
\r?\n> (that of course I cannot now find) of Merckx and Simpson in
\r?\n> a two-up breakaway during the 1967 Paris-Nice stage race
\r?\n> (last stage I believe)?taken from behind that clearly shows
\r?\n> Merckx's "Peugeot" with the Masi world
\r?\n> championship bands on the seat-tube. If I recall correctly
\r?\n> you can even read "Masi" but may be hallucinating
\r?\n> more than usual on that! :-) Picture has always stuck in my
\r?\n> mind because that was one of the first instances where?I was
\r?\n> aware?that a racer might be riding something other than what
\r?\n> it says it was.
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Rex Gilmore
\r?\n> Vienna, VA
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> -----Original Message-----
\r?\n> From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos
\r?\n> <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Sent: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:28 pm
\r?\n> Subject: [CR] Francophile rides a Masi
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> OK, folks, I know many of you have me pegged as an
\r?\n> irredeemable Francophile, or
\r?\n> maybe occasional Anglophile, but attached is the link to
\r?\n> the early 80's
\r?\n> Alberto-built Masi Prestige I finally got built up after
\r?\n> buying the frame from
\r?\n> Lou Deeter a couple of years ago:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> http://www.flickr.com/
\r?\n>
\r?\n> As I like to do, just to show Campy wasn't the only
\r?\n> component manufacturer in
\r?\n> Italy, I've built it up almost entirely Italian but
\r?\n> with almost no Campy. A
\r?\n> prize for anyone who can identify the one or two tiny Campy
\r?\n> bits. Mostly Galli
\r?\n> - cranks, hubs, brakes, RD, shift levers, much of it gold
\r?\n> anodized. But also
\r?\n> some Gipiemme, Ofmega, Rino, Regina, Modolo (hoods),
\r?\n> Ambrosio, Cinelli, Selle
\r?\n> Turbo and Cobra. Still looking for an appropriate gold
\r?\n> colored HS.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I've said I'd like to buy a Masi with really
\r?\n> trashed paint and have it repainted
\r?\n> as a Peugeot like those allegedly ridden by Merckx and
\r?\n> Simpson when they were on
\r?\n> the Peugeot team. But this frame was much too nice for
\r?\n> that fate.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Regards,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Jerry Moos
\r?\n> Big Spring, Texas, USA