Masi 3V

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Item specifics

Brand:
...other
Gender:
men
Size:
L (56cm)
Groupset:
Campagnolo record
Frame material:
Steel
Brake type:
Calipar
Gears front:
Double
Gears rear:
7speed
Wheel size:
28/700c

Description

56cm

 

Frame:Oversize thinwall Excell

Podium HR tubing from Paris.

56cm seat tube and top tube.

Built September 1988 (Frame no. 829/VR505/889).

Built in famous Vigorelli track workshop.

Registered on Bob Hoveys website (Masi expert).

 

Groupset: Campagnolo C Record.

Brakes: Campagnolo Delta.

Wheels: Mavic open 4cd rims with Mavic 501 (28 hole) hubs.

Bars and stem: Cinelli.

Shifters: Simplex.

Saddle: NOS Rolls San Marco.

Pedals: Ofmega Super Competizione.

Tape:Cinelli Cork Ribbon

 

This Masi is beautiful and has an amazing stiff yet comfortable ride.

Very rare now in pristine unrestored condition.

An investment for a serious collector or  an Italian roadbike enthusiast.

 

The 3v Volumetrica is a unique blend of design, craftmanship and Italian passion to be forerunner of high-end frame consctruction. In early 1980s, Alberto Masi decided he will design a new frame with increased rigidity and efficency and at the same time maintain lightweight and standard dimensions of seattube cluster, bottom bracket and headset tube. To accomplish this he used thinner walled Swedish steel tubes with larger diameter  and his own internally lugged method in which the frame tubes are cut square to exact size, slippered over the lugs and silver-soldered into position. And so, after several experiments, in 1984 the revolutionary 3v Volumetrica was released. The frames were hand-built from start to finish, about 60 were produced each month.