[CR]Was Odd Mavic headset now "JPR"

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

To: tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 13:17:14 -0400
In-Reply-To: <880424.72145.qm@web55901.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
From: <oroboyz@aol.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Was Odd Mavic headset now "JPR"

IIRC, that headset in a few variations (and maybe other stuff) was originally designed and sold as a "JPR" which is Jan Routens shop. The first versions used some sort of rubber compression rings to jamb itself tight rather than lock rings being plz. elucidate? Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA

-----Original Message----- From: tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com To: oroboyz@aol.com Sent: Tue, 1 May 2007 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Odd Mavic headset at a well-known auction site

I don't understand. What is JPR? FYI, I

oroboyz@aol.com wrote: Looks like the missing link as JPR morphed into Mavic licensing...

Haven't a clue about alloy races?

Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA

-----Original Message----- From: tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Tue, 1 May 2007 10:01 AM Subject: [CR]Odd Mavic headset at a well-known auction site

There is a French threaded Mavic headset up on Ebay, ending soon. It looks quite different from the examples sof this style of Mavic headset that I have seen previously. Apparently, it is all alloy, with no pressed in steel race inserts. How could this possibly last? Might it be a "for show only" prototype cranked out for a bike show, before production was really begun? It also seems to be unused, but quite corroded, which suggests that it may not have been anodized. All the examples I've seen were very nicely anodized. In fact, almost every Mavic part I can recall seeing was anodized, other than a few hubs. The lack of anodizing makes me wonder if it was not regular production. Finally, I'll speculate that if Mavic were going to do a pre-production prototype, it would be in the domestic thread spec. http://ebay.com/<blah irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Classicrendezvous mailing list Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org http://www.bikelist.org/mailman/listinfo/classicrendezvous AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

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