RE: [CR]Was: Mavic GL330 rim, now "When 330s?"

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From: "David Bilenkey" <dbilenkey@sympatico.ca>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]Was: Mavic GL330 rim, now "When 330s?"
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:57:20 -0400
In-Reply-To: <014301c340b5$e1629b60$e64efea9@oemcomputer>


There's no hype, no big splash, it just lists them. It also mentions them having been used in the '83 TdF.

David Bilenkey Ottawa, Ontario, Canada


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Raoul
> Delmare
> Sent: July 2, 2003 12:21 PM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Was: Mavic GL330 rim, now "When 330s?"
>
>
> Hey Thanks David .
>
> Still remember the Bicycling Magazine article which was the first mention
> I'd seen of the "Mavic Bleu" rims . . . Article mentioned
> some wild
> new concepts - something about some kind of anodizing that actually made
> the rim stronger - and something about a heavy rim with fewer spokes
> making for a more aerodynamic wheel - what a wacky idea . . .
>
> So about the 1984 catalog , does it just list GL & GEL rims ? Or
> does it make any mention of them being "New For 1984" ?
>
> Raoul Delmare
> Marysville Kansas