Originally Posted by avenan
Yep, they are. They were intro'd in 1988 or 89 (my catalogs are at home...but its around then) and continued through the end of Mavic's component business. One of the things thats particularly cool is you can convert them to single speed by removing the bolt-in ring mount things, and with an additional piece (albeit a hard to find one) convert them to triples.
In the words of Homer Simpson: Mmmmm.... Starfish cranks.... aaagggghhhhh