Originally Posted by
T-Mar
I'm not seeing any photo but the red lettering sounds like Matrix or early Cromor, A silver background, as opposed to gold, would provide confirmation. Both names were used for the same tubeset, which was a mid-range, seamed, double butted, CrMo. The red lettering, was used during 1986-1987 but the frame could be slightly newer, depending on the amount of leftover stock and stock rotation practices by the bicycle manufacturer.
[MENTION=20650]T-Mar[/MENTION]: oops. Yet another case of insufficient caffeine intake before posting.
Here's the photo:
It's on a separate fork vice a frame or frameset.