Trek also contracted out rim production to Weinman and Sun for various brands thay own. New Rolf and Bontrager stuff is also made by Alex in Taiwan. No classic content at all.........
Tom Martin
Oakland CA
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 11:32 AM Subject: Re: [CR]Maatrix rims
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> Subject: [CR]Maatrix rims
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> Tom asks:
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>
> "I have come into what seem to be a very fine set of aero tubular Matrix
> rims. I was kind of proud of them. Mentioning them to a fellow biking
> enthusiast the other day I was rather stunned when he remarked that they
> came on Treks. Is this true? Can someone run down a brief history of
them?
> I thought they were quite high end, but perhaps I am mistaken."
>
> A rather brief history:
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> I believe that Trek made Matrix rims from the start. I suppose they didn't
> call them "Trek" as that might have worked against OEM and aftermarket
> sales.
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> More recently, Trek made "Rolf" rims and now makes "Bontrager" rims.
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> Hugh Enox
> La Honda