Re: [CR]Strong rims...soft rims...???

(Example: Component Manufacturers)

Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:48:42 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Strong rims...soft rims...???
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In-Reply-To: <9327C3B25BD3C34A8DBC26145D88A90706422E@hippy.home.here>


Mark Bulgier wrote:
> Donald Gillies wrote:
>> I have seen 3 instances where a bent rim could not be straightened.
>> Two were heat-treated TREK MATRIX TITAN rims
> I'm curious, what makes you say they were heat-treated? I ask because
> in the 80s there were lots of rims that were called "heat-treated" that
> turned out to be "not really". Seems the bike industry decided to refer
> to anything hard-grey anodized as "heat-treated". Often the same rim
> was sold both ways, with the anodized one called heat-treated when the
> anodizing was the only difference.

FWIW, when I worked at Trek (1980-1986) the Matrix rims were hard-anodized, not heat treated.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA