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10-28-24 | 04:09 PM

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genejockey

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From: SF Bay Area

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Originally Posted by nlerner

I wrenched in a bike shop in the SF Bay Area when the Firenze bikes were given away with a stereo purchase at Matthew’s Electronics (Top of the Hill, Daly City). We didn’t refuse to work on them, but they were truly terrible, essentially impossible to make safe without switching out most components.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bikingshearer

I may - may - forgive you some day for dragging memories of Matthew's out of deep storage.

But I may not.

30-some years ago, I used to work with his son, who was a serious cyclist. He did NOT ride a Firenze.

EDIT: Matthews was like our version of NYC's Crazy Eddie ("He's practically giving it all away!")

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