Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
Giordana is hardly a "budget" Italian, but if you got it for a budget price, excellent for you. Always pretty bikes, and with Campy stuff, very nice.
I'm not aware of Matrix hubs, but Matrix wheels were sort of a "house" brand for Trek, as the factory was located right down the road. Not sure it was Trek "owned," but being right there, with no shipping costs, probably very convenient. Matrix often mimicked the Wolber rims of the day, with Titans = Super Champion Alpine, and ISO/ISO II's = Profil, Profil GTX, etc. Often the older Matrix rims were laced to Maillard hubs, go figure.
Nice bike. I'll PM you on the stem and bars...
By the way, that's quite a rear cluster for San Francisco. You must be one heck of a climber.
Yeah, I was speaking out of ignorance when I called the bike "budget" and the Campy bits "entry level". The seller said "well it isn't Super Record or anything" and so I made some assumptions. And the workmanship and forged bits on the frame are quite nice. Always learning . . . Looks like a matching rear derailleur will be around $50-75.
The seller, a bike mechanic at a very cool South Bay shop, also put a NOS Sachs freewheel on it. The South Bay is relatively flat. : )
I paid $250 for it. Craigslist. Quite a deal because the seller did a lube/tuneup too!