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Old 12-27-16 | 11:55 AM
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repechage
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As I own a few, my take:

The road bikes ride basically like a Carlsbad Masi. No real surprise. But Mario's view of what a Masi should be which differed especially beyond the middle three sizes from what Faliero mapped out. When Mario departed the Carlsbad works they realized eventually that the jig frames were not what had been copied. Not good to have the basic intellectual property in one employee's head.

So, a Carlsbad Masi is a budget Confente. Essentially.

There are far fewer track bikes of course. For me, I found it predictable, stable, you did not think about the bike. Many other bikes I have tried felt "wrong" in the final turn. Not that he had a monopoly on that, but often fashion went well ahead of function for guys at the velodrome.
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