I believe Trek had licensed the Matrix name for a line of their products, and also believe that was why Columbus had to change the name to Cromor. Cromor was below SL in the line, but I can't remember if there was something else between the two.
Wayne Bingham Springtime in Washington DC.
-----Original Message----- From: Marc Boral [mailto:mbikealive@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 11:12 AM Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Columbus Metal Matrix
Matrix was the 1st name given to that tubeset, which we now know as Cromor. If I remember correctly, Columbus was infringing upon a someone's tradename by using the name Matrix. Columbus renamed it Cromor because of litigation, or the threat of litigation. I think some of our framebuilders on the list could expand on this.
Marc
Tom Hayes wrote:
> Could any members please tell me where Columbus Matrix tubing comes in the
> Columbus hierachy of tubing?
>
> thank you.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Tom Hayes
> Tom Hayes
> 18585 Munn Road
> Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44023
> hayes@jcu.edu