Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - 2009 Masi Coltello

Just got mine build up today, I love it! The white tyres didn't go, so I replaced em' with conti grand prix 4000s'

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Any other masi owners around here??

nice, what hubs? i like the top tube.

suzue pro max, laced to aeroheads.

The top tube is nice, but it has the concave strip running along the top (to ad stiffness) that I fear will become a sort of bowl-o-sweat

mmm, bowl of sweat.


love the wheelset.

Oh what a beauty! Bigger pics when you can, man now you got me wanting another bike!

nice bike.



I have a masi

Wow it looks great. I really love bikes with integrated headsets and flat bladed forks like that. A smooth line from fork to frame and then one of those curved caps on the top just looks soo sweet.

Love it!

The white tyres didn't go

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those cream coloured tyres are the shiit!

1 vote to bring em' back.

oh, nice bike.

I've not seen one of these in person, so don't kill me for this... but doesn't that look a LOT like the Leader frame?

Any other masi owners around here??

I've got the Speciale Fixed. Very different bike than the Coltello but I like it

more like bowl o' drank.

I've not seen one of these in person, so don't kill me for this... but doesn't that look a LOT like the Leader frame?

rather the leader frame looks like the masi :p

i love the green!! ...super nice! just curious, how much does the coltello frame run for?

the guy who ran the last alleycat in indy had a masi, looks killer

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rather the leader frame looks like the masi :p

Well played. :)

Either way, the frames do look alarmingly similar, do they not?

Well played. :)

Either way, the frames do look alarmingly similar, do they not?

Yeah but what's in a look?

There is different seat tube angles, head tube angles, bottom bracket drops and marginally different effective top tubes between the two bikes, so they're not really that similar beyond looking close to each other.

If you're going to ignore the nitty gritty aspects of frame geometry most bikes pretty much look "alarmingly similar"...

more like bowl o' drank.

purple drank.

not liking the ourys, but otherwise it's pretty.

Your chainring says Zen but you have a brake.
Please explain.

Your chainring says Zen but u have a brake.
Please explain.

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Yeah but what's in a look?

Wait, wait, hold on. Please go back to my first post in this thread; I said I've never seen either in person and I don't know much about either. My question was to find out if, in fact, the look was indicative of something else (like same frame, different brands or whatnot).

So you've answered my question by relaying that the angles are different.

I supposed I should have started by asking directly if they were the same frame or not instead of comparing the looks. My bad. :)

Oh nothing meant by it, I just find that to my more or less untrained eye nearly all aluminum track frames look basically the same on a superficial level, so I don't see looks being much of a valid measure of how similar a bike is... aside from aesthetics naturally ;)

They do look a lot alike, the factory probably designs the frame and then shop it around to whomever wants to stick their decals on it. At least, that is my understanding of the bicycle industry of late...

the top tube is different on the leader, the seat tube is different on the leader, basically everything's different.

this looks a **** ton like the fuji track pros.

but whatever.

The differences between the leader and coltello have already been mentioned, but yeah it is similiar to a Fuji Track Pro. But I haven't ridden/seen up close a fuji track pro recently so I can't say exactly HOW similar.

As for cost I am not certain of MSRP, but I got a smoke'n deal (pro deals rock)..

Chainring is Zen but when I'm not at the track I ride road drops and a brake as opposed to track drops and brakeless. I like brakes, sue me.

Its a great looking ride.
I was just hacking on you a bit ;)

the guy who ran the last alleycat in indy had a masi, looks killer

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op's masi >

the top tube is different on the leader, the seat tube is different on the leader, basically everything's different.

this looks a **** ton like the fuji track pros.

but whatever.
FTP has a wider diameter toptube and a smaller diameter downtube.

i have a speciale fixed. i like it.

do any of you with masi's have problems with pedal strike? the website lists a 70mm bb drop, which is what steered me away from them in the first place.

No problem (yet) here, but I'm only going off of less then a week experience.

not really. well i ride 165mm crankarms and only sometimes up a hill that's curved will i scrape my toecages against the ground.

The color/decal looks very vintage. Love it!!

No problem yet but likewise I only got mine this week

do any of you with masi's have problems with pedal strike? the website lists a 70mm bb drop, which is what steered me away from them in the first place.

The bb drop is 45 on the Cotello (track), 70 on the Coltello Aero (Time trial). The website shows the Aero geometry.

should you use shorter cranks on this frame then?

my coltello.
'08 58cm
'09 FSA track cranks
thomson stem and seat post
velocity wheels
rubino pro tires
selle italia SLR saddle
crank brothers EB's SL
kore 31.8 risers


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^^^ Which Thomson seatpost is that, the Masterpiece or the Elite?

Can someone explain the oury grips PLUS bar tape. Please.

Can someone explain the oury grips PLUS bar tape. Please.

Softer and cushy up top where you're going to be cruising anyway, and then still effective tape over the rest of the bars where you're going to be riding harder. Doesn't seem too weird to me...they make gel pads and various other similar things for handlebars.

http://www.performancebike.com/shop/profile.cfm?SKU=20043&subcategory_ID=5256

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Maybe the owner of that bike just doesn't want it to be all soft everywhere, I know I don't like my drops to be all squishy feeling.

you really need an explaination? not what i'd do, but i've seen it before. the tape stops where the grips begin. i've seen people put 4 oury grips on 1 bar, now thats funny. but... to each his own.

^^^ Which Thomson seatpost is that, the Masterpiece or the Elite?

just the Elite, slummin'

you really need an explaination? not what i'd do, but i've seen it before. the tape stops where the grips begin. i've seen people put 4 oury grips on 1 bar, now thats funny. but... to each his own.

Apparently rhetoric is lost here

gonna have to go out and say that that frame is hideous

sick nasty wheels though