1969 Masi Special “Brevettata”
Posted: January 17th, 2013 | Author: giovanni | Filed under: Alberto Masi, Campagnolo, Faliero Masi, Masi, Steel | 1 Comment »This Masi Special is special…
Sexy “brevettata” chainstays, full chrome job and a good amount of exotic componentry*.
The finishing file strokes around the lugs, fork crown and bottom bracket shell show-through a little more than usual, thanks to the lack of paint. It was Masi’s deliberate choice to stick to sand-cast parts for a little longer, while their contemporaries had already moved on to investment cast components. This made the build process of these frames unusually long for the time. Add to that the slotted chainstays and it becomes obvious why Alberto Masi still remembers about this particular bicycle today.
* Unbranded first generation Campagnolo Record brake calipers. 7mm bolt Cinelli 1A first generation quill stem. Cinelli Unicanitor saddle reupholstered by Donelli (Cinelli bought the patent from Donelli some years later).
A Suberb Bici From the master of all bikes
Masi Special
I ride in 1970 the same bike only in white.
I got a accident and my Masi was destroyed.
Nex Bici was a Colnago-Pogliaghi-De Rosa
Gios-Tommasini.
But Masi was the best ever
I was a rider by the Team Ketting-Shimano.
Team member was Roy Schuiten and Hennie Kuiper.