Re: [CR]More - Mavic SSC Rims ???

(Example: Framebuilders:Alex Singer)

Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:46:08 -0500
From: "Eric Goforth" <ewgoforth@earthlink.net>
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]More - Mavic SSC Rims ???
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Eric Elman wrote:
> Thanks everyone for your replies and information It was mostly factual
> and a great start. Now though, I'm really curious to know if in the
> day, were these used for training or actually raced on? Seems that
> there were plently of other very durable rims that were lighter and
> therefore I presume, better for the serious racer. No?
>
> Seems to me the SSC rims would have been more of a weight disadvantage
> in a race versus the bombproof durability noted in numerous replies.
>
> Thoughts on list please.
>
> Thanks agaain,
>
> Eric Elman
> Somers, CT USA
>

I remember reading in Winning Magazine in the early eighties that the Renault Gitane team ran Mavic SSC rims on their race bikes. I suppose they may have used lighter rims for some races, but I think the Mavic SSC were widely raced on back then, especially in races where durability was a major concern, like the Tour of Flanders and Paris Roubaix.

-Eric

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Eric Goforth
Raleigh, NC USA