Biciclette Masi Milano – Italy +++++

The fantastic and iconic workshop right on the famous velodrome is still operational, but when you visit you balance between the feeling that time has stopped here or that you have visited a museum. Photos from workshop were taken 2026.

Contact Masi USA: https://masibikes.com

Contact Masi Italy: https://www.facebook.com/p/Biciclette-Masi-Milano-100063617587852/?locale=cs_CZ

Address: Velodromo Vigorelli, Via Arona 19, 201 49 Milano – Italy

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Company History

Faliero Masi began making bicycle frames in the 1950s at the Vigorelli Velodrome in Milan, after a career as a semi-professional racer and team mechanic. In 1973, his son Alberto took over the Vigorelli workshop. Faliero and two of their assistants went to the United States and started production at a new plant in Carlsbad, California, after selling the name and trademark "Cicli Masi" to American businessman Roland Sahm.

Later, Faliero returned to Italy. Disputes over production volumes caused a severance of relations between Masi and Masi's American investors. Ownership of the American trademark remained with the American operation, so the Masi family could not sell bicycles in the United States under their own name. This was despite Faliero Masi bringing master builder Mario Confente from Italy to help set up the company's American operations, which began to see themselves as making even better bicycles than their Italian counterparts. Alberto Masi later introduced the bikes to the US under the name "Milano 3V." The rights to the Masi name and logo in the US are now owned by Haro Bikes.

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Masi released this message in 2022:

“We are happy to announce that the historic workshop and European brand will continue its existence! Simone D’Urbino recently became the new owner of Masi, with the blessing of Alberto Masi. With just a few months left to complete the renovation and relocation of the machines, we will be ready to work stronger than ever with the classic and modern frames that have always distinguished us. Simone D’Urbino and the Masi team.”

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Many well-known and successful professional cyclists have ridden Masi bikes, including Antonio Maspes, Fausto Coppi, Felice Gimondi, Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx.

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