Peter, If the red lab rims are Arc En Ciel, they are already relatively light at 330 gm. The Medaille d'Or at 260 gm was hard for me to keep in true, even at my then 152 lbs. There was another model in between at 290 gm, Championat du Monde, I believe.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote:
Peter Kohler wrote:
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> My '69 PX-10 has Super Champion red label rims (yes Super Champions not
> Mavic Monthlery.. but these came from a '72 PX-10) which I want to
> replace/upgrade with something prototypical but lighter.
>
> My first choice, if I can find them, are Mavic Monthlery Legere rims (which
> I have on my '75 Raleigh Team Pro) but these seem hard to find. The other
> choice I am considering are Super Champion Medaille d"Or which seem
> incredably light (265 grams!). Has anyone had experience with these rims in
> terms of their durability etc. And indeed were they around c. 1970?
I used them back in the mid 1970s. I bent the one on the rear of my bike every couple of months. After going through a few of them I replaced the one on the back with an Arc En Ciel (330g compared to 260g for the Médaille D'Or) and never had any more problems with bending rims. I kept the Médaille D'Or on the front (I weighed mid 170s).
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA
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