Robert, your explanation makes sense but at the same time, my MA rims do have double eyelets.
Mark
Mark Buswell San Francisco, CA USA
On Nov 1, 2008, at 11:17 PM, R.S. Broderick wrote:
> Mark,
>
> The difference would be single versus double eyelets....
>
> The MA has a simple single eyelet at each spoke hole whereas the MA2
> has
> double eyelets (...i.e. a tubular ferruled eyelet) at each
> corresponding
> position. Once built, there is no aesthetic difference to be seen
> between
> the two models (...other than their respective labels) unless you
> were to
> remove the tire and rim tape to have a look at their backside.
>
> This same model nomenclature would apply to the Module E versus
> Module E2
> rim ... and to that end, I suggest you take a gander at the
> following page
> from the 1979 MAVIC catalog for a pictorial representation of the
> cross-sectional difference:
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/
> Page+06.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1
>
> Robert "it's all in the eyelet of the beholder" Broderick
> ..the "Frozen Flatlands" of South Dakota
> Sioux Falls, USA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Mark
> Buswell
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 12:07 AM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR] Mavic MA VS. MA2?
>
> Picked up a pair of nice wheels today - high flange campy hubs on
> Mavic MA rims - everything is very clean, nice and shiny.
>
> Does anyone know the difference between the MA and MA2 models? I now
> have a pair of each and they appear identical.
>
> Thanks
> Mark Buswell
> San Francisco, CA
> USA