Re: [CR]Mafac or Mavic rims?

(Example: Framebuilding)

Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 05:42:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Mafac or Mavic rims?
To: Steve Leitgen <sleitgen@charter.net>, Classic Rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <501c52076ee986c8eebaccb2306d6da5@charter.net>


Steve, I've never seen or heard of MAFAC rims. If they really were such, I'd like to hear some details as well.

Regards,

Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX

Steve Leitgen <sleitgen@charter.net> wrote: Group; In 1977 and 78 I went to school in Switzerland. Did a lot of riding including some with a french club out of Mulhouse. A couple of the french guys were riding top end Peugeots. They had clinchers and the rims were 17mm. They were narrower than the more popular Rigida 13-19s. To this day I could swear they were Mafacs not Mavics. Of course we are dealing with a memory from almost 30 years ago.

So .... Mafac 17mm rims.

1) Does any one know anything about those rims? 2) Can they be acquired?

Steve Leitgen
La Crosse, WI