Massi CX Corsa, help identifying?

[papercrate]

Picked this up in Morocco and rode it for a few weeks while working on a exhibition there. Really nice to ride but a bit too small for me so selling it on. I think it could clean up really nicely. Was wondering if anybody might be able to help me guess at the year/tubing? No identifying marks/stickers/serials to be found on the thing!

Massi - vintage Catalonian steel built by Cicles Masferrer in the 80s or maybe even late 70s. I'm guessing Columbus tubing as they had a history of using that for their builds, but also used Dedacciai in that era I believe. If anybody has any thoughts/ideas it be much appreciated. Emailed the company and a collector of Massi's I found on Flickr a few times but neither have gotten back to me.

Below are some images and the specs:

-Dimensions: 54.5 ctc st, 55ctc tt.
-Beautiful lugs, Horiztonal dropouts, 130mm rear spacing, 100mm front.
-Light blue paintjob, slightly metallic.
-Route rear wheel on Ofmega hub.
-Massi front wheel (and hub?).
-Schwalbe Blizzard Sport tyres (I just put these on).
-ATAX Guidons Philippe drop bars, 44cm.
-Unknown stem, 90mm reach.
-Shimano 600 aero levers.
-Mobic cranks (170mm) and BB. The pedal threads seem to be a non-standard pitch?
-Mobic chainrings (52t and 42t).
-Front derailleur is Campagnolo.
-6 speed rear cassette, Simplex S001 rear derailleur.
-Massi Velo brakes.
-Massi seatpost (25.. Really nice two-screw adjustment for the angle.
-Unbranded? SD27012 saddle.

 

[monty dog]

Masi or Massi? There's a distinct difference - FWIW Massi is the brand of Casamasferrer which is low-mid range Spanish brand and doesn't quite have the same cache.

 

[LaurenceCardiff]

When I was in Morocco most of the freewheeled bikes didn't have much in the way of brakes, you must've scoured pretty hard to find one with two braking mechanisms!

 

[papercrate]

monty dog, it is definitely Massi (two s's). From my research some of the older Massi bikes were actually pretty decent. Tubing (which I don't know for sure) and craftsmanship for this ilk/era leads me to think mid range and not low, but I suppose that is subjective.

LaurenceCardiff, I scoured very hard indeed! It was quite fun to haggle with broken French/Arabic!

 

[LaurenceCardiff]

Ha excellent! I was amazed by the number of top notch 70s peugeots there were in Morocco, still with neat chrome after 40 years, Peugeot must've had a factory there at some point.

So many budget lethal single speed conversions also hah.