ID this rim please
09-27-18, 07:58 AM
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Seller provides little information.
09-27-18, 08:11 AM
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09-27-18, 08:36 AM
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The Mavic GP4 was first available in 1978 AFAIK, but they were rare. Took another 2 or 3 years before 'black' rims started catching on in the USA. I suspect the Europeans were less conservative.
It certainly could have been a replacement rim from the early 80s. Any race bike that still has its original rims wasn't really a race bike.
It certainly could have been a replacement rim from the early 80s. Any race bike that still has its original rims wasn't really a race bike.
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09-27-18, 08:50 AM
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BBS is someone's initials. Race wheels often got marked with names. Made it easier to keep track of which wheels were whose when carpooling to races, etc.
09-27-18, 09:25 AM
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09-27-18, 09:35 AM
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Certainly looks like a mavic decal, and being a tubular, it certainly looks an awful lot like an early GP4.
09-27-18, 09:45 AM
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09-27-18, 10:26 AM
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Thanks all. The seller swapped these out for 80's vintage Mavics now following my repeated questions about the wheels. That doesn't exactly help the sale on a '77 Colnago so I offered what the frame is worth.
Doubt that will go over well, time for me to move on.
Doubt that will go over well, time for me to move on.
