Re: [CR]Mavic SSC Rim Dating

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Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 11:22:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Dale B. Phelps" <losgatos_dale@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Mavic SSC Rim Dating
To: George Allen <jgallen@lexairinc.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: 6667


The blue rim in your foto, with the "SSC" in the main Mavic red label, is late 70's at earliest. The grey rim in your foto, with the plain mavic red foil label, and the supplemental service du course label, is consistent with mid-70's and later.

Dale Phelps, Longmont CO

George Allen <jgallen@lexairinc.com> wrote: Chuck,

I have seen the Mavic timeline but is this the blue SSC introduced in 1971? Are the decals correct? Is this the grey SSC Paris Roubaix? There is no Paris Roubaix decal reference on my rims. Is this just assumed? Is this what the decals looked like? Sorry to sound daft but I never saw these back in the day and I have been unable to verify that the decals, weights and widths are correct. In short, do these look like the genuine article?

George Allen Lexington KY

At 02:57 PM 5/12/2005, Chuck Schmidt wrote:
>George Allen wrote:
> >
> > Once again I ask the List's help with Mavic rims. I have searched on-line
> > for visual verification but have been unable to obtain any. I am just a
> > little too young to have seen any original SSC's in the mid-70's so I
> > thought it prudent to ascertain their vintage before putting spokes to hubs
> > and rims. Please find two samples of Mavic SSC rims, one grey, one blue at
> > the following URL's:
> >
> > http://www2.lexairinc.com/~geo/rims/rims1.jpg
> > http://www2.lexairinc.com/~geo/rims/rims2.jpg
> >
> > The blue rim measures 20.40 MM in width and weighs 389 grams.
> > The grey rim measures 21.75 MM in width and weighs 411 grams.
> >
> > I am hoping these are of mid-70's vintage and appropriate for use on '75,
> > '78 and/or '79 Raleigh Teams. The 1979 being the black and blue model
> > which, aesthetically if not historically correct, would be wonderful with
> > the blue SSC's. The middle of the "A" in the Mavic logo on the grey rim is
> > perforated but not peeled off the rim. Once again, I thank you in advance
> > for your help.
> >
> > George Allen
> > Lexington, Ky
>
>
> >From Mavic's timeline at :
>
>1971 - The arrival of the famous blue anodized "SSC Blue" rim reserved
>for racers and professionals.
>
>1973 - The arrival of "Neutral Support" and the famous yellow cars in
>the Tour De France.
>
>1975 - The birth of the grey "SSC Paris-Roubaix" (SSC Grey) hard-layer
>anodized rim. The first time that this treatment has been used on
>bicycle rims, it would be seen later that no high-end bike would be
>seriously considered that did not offer this type of rim.
>
>Chuck Schmidt
>South Pasadena, CA
>
>.
>_______________________________________________

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