Originally Posted by
joe englert
thank you very much for the help. the gentleman that i got the bike from insisted he bought it in 71 and it was italy. well i know he made a mistake. also smc i think that is a 60 cm which is too big for me. ive been riding it a little but it does feel too big. i just picked this up yesterday. i really wanted an italian masi from around 71. oh well this aint it i guess. thanks again for the infor and the web referral. joe e. ps check out my confente pics under my name. that is the real deal . joe englert
Joe,
As you may have discovered if you visited Bob Hovey's site, your bike was built in 1981 in San Marcos, after the move from Carlsbad. You are also correct about the 60 indicating the size in cm's, though Masi usually measured from center crank to the very tippy top (including paint thickness) of the seat lug point, so they do tend to run smaller than the size indicted on the BB. (Some people easily confuse decades and continents, apparently).