Originally Posted by
CV-6
Best bang for the buck is Jack at Franklin Frame. Some of his work below. FWIW the camera did not properly capture the color.
Masi GC 02 by
L Travers, on Flickr
I think this one turned out pretty darn nice.
My quibble would be that I just don't like the color of the Masi yellow fill, it was lighter at the time, lighter than a true hue yellow. Later bikes, especially when they made Masi and Gran Criterium the same yellow are closer to this color, which is more "cadmium yellow"
I agree, Joe Bell is not cheap.
Al Wanta in Northern San Diego county.
As to brazing. One reason they ditched the twin plate crown was that no one else could master doing them without too high a scrap rate. The parts are not pinned, so you had to control the heat well to not have regions filled drain out or parts move on you.