At the shop I worked at the Mavic rims were held in higher regard than the Rigida 13/19 and later 13/20 the latter being a bit easier to keep in true of the Rigida line.

In the 70's training was done on tubulars, heavy rims- 400 gr range. There were two and only two guys who used clinchers one a starving college student, the other a contrarian. His biggest issue was finding 700c tires. He rode those on his Masi- said it made his race wheels feel that much better.

by the mid 80's the majority trained on clinchers. Specialized or Panaracer- heavy rims- a popular one being the Araya Aero .
i just did not like the dark anodizing. I was a retro grouch way back then.