I think you're right, my two cents.
Mark Buswell San Francisco, CA United States
On Dec 5, 2006, at 9:38 PM, Kurt Sperry wrote:
> I think the MA-40 was the same extrusion with a grey ano finish.
>
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham WA
> USA
>
>
> On 12/5/06, Andrew Gillis <apgmaa@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> CRs:
>>
>> The silver anodized Mavic MA2 rims did exist. I do not know how
>> early the
>> silver anodized finish was available, but the model is MA2
>> "Argent" (argent
>> = silver i.e., soft silver anodized.)
>>
>> I bought two pairs of these, in the modern label style (green with
>> yellow
>> Mavic oval), from a UK mail order house. My last purchase was on
>> Dec 22
>> 1998, and the rims are noted on the receipt as "MA2 Argent".
>>
>> I was told by my USA LBS that the "argent" silver anodized rims were
>> simply not imported unless you wanted to special order them thru
>> Mavic, with
>> a minimum purchase of something like 150 pairs (all at once).
>>
>> The rim label remains the same between MA2 and MA2-argent. Only
>> the MA2
>> standard finish is subtly brighter (without any supplemental
>> polishing).
>>
>> Lastly, Mavic also did a hard-silver anodized MA2 rim. The finish
>> was a
>> grainy sort of pewter silver, also with modern labels. I don't
>> remember the
>> model name. I sold it a while back, because I had only one and I
>> didn't have
>> a use for it.