Originally Posted by Kogswell
My apologies for taking up bandwidth here. I should post this on some
framebuilding forum.
Hey, RS.
I was just browsing the old Masi catalogs and came upon this:
http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalog...rldwide/08.jpg
I knew a little about the V frames, but I'd never seen the lugs shown
that way and didn't understad the 'socket' aspect.
I'm wondering what you (and others) think of it. Seems like it might
add a lot of material. And the aesthetics never worked for me. But
I now see why the Raleigh Technium frames looked as they did.
And DW, if you see this message, pls bring it too Richard's attention
for me. Thanks.
mon dieu*.
i am surprised this is new to you ( as i infer from this post).
this frame was introduced in prototype form in 79 (and painted
as a prestige for the milan show) but hit the market in 81. it
was a seminal frame in an era in which folks were starting to
think outside the ferrous box. what would you like to know
about it? i was on a three week trip to milan in 79 when i first
saw it at the vigorelli. the original frame(s) had the lip filed
off to suggest a lugless join, but was ultimately left on as a
design element.
put yourself in a 70s mindset and look it again; it was a
groundbreaking design. imo, the shortcoming was this: the
concept was excellent, but since the frame geometries were
also altered for this model alone, i think it fell short of expectations,
ride-wise.
e-RICHIE©™®
* french for my dieu