Alberto Masi’s workshop has been located in the same building at the Vigorelli Velodrome in Milan since his father opened the shop in the 1950’s. Faliero Masi, Alberto’s father, began making bicycle frames after a career as a professional road racer and team mechanic, going on to make custom frames for other cyclists such as Vittorio Adorni, who won the World Road Race Championship with a Masi bike in 1968. Alberto took over in the 70’s and has been there ever since.

In a world where carbon fibre, titanium and other modern materials are used in creating road racing bicycles, Masi’s steel-framed...