Originally Posted by
Citoyen du Monde
Sorry Joe, nothing personal but these bikes are not the Masi of legend. They are straight-forward solid racing bikes that will give great pleasure to their owner, but are in my opinion not paragons of workmanship or design novelty or excellence.
And that's exactly why I love them. In the '70s and early '80s they were the tool of countless US amateurs who needed to support their racing habits with day jobs. For some of us they were our first (and often last) taste of what a good continental road bike was supposed to be.
And an excellent tool they were.