The Holy Grail of retro rims - MA40 32H NOS pair SOLD!

Deveron53

Deveron53

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The Holy Hoops of Antioch!

It took me 15 years searching and a lot of money to find these rims and now I can't bear to see them scarred by a rim brake! That beautiful brown/grey anodising!
I'm asking quite a high price but this reflects the condition, rarity and what it cost me to obtain them!

£95 posted - including a set of cartridge V-brake pads compatible with ceramic rims.

Sold at asking price - well pleased!
 

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What is the difference with the M231 CD ?

I have a pair of these I laced to XTRM900 and they look very similar :?:
 
These are the original Keith Bontrager designed 19mm cut-down road rims. The FIRST narrow mountain bike rim EVER!
 
They weigh 400 grams. The 231 were a little bit more. Lovely rim the MA40 had a pair BITD laced to Bullseye hubs
:cool:
 
They are a man's rim though! I was forever hooking brake pads under the rear in the days of cantis. XT V-brakes were a godsend!. Snapped countless tyre levers as well! But they are the strongest rim I've ever known for the weight. My old 36h pair lasted 15 years and survived 3 sets of hubs. Eventually they ended up as disc rims on my 575 while I waited for my Hopes to be built and I tacoed the rear badly at Chicksands!

I would recommend 'ghetto' tubeless conversion in order to eliminate flats!
 
ma40

I have a set of these i bought from france for £55 each. the idea came to re-roll the ma40 40 hole rims to make a mtb rim. These were hard to get hold of back in the day let alone now. I am keeping mine for a specail build. who ever buys these are in for a treat.
 
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biglev":2y9yqcyn said:
I have a set of these i bought from france for £55 each. the idea came to re-roll the ma40 40 hole rims to make a mtb rim. These were hard to get hold of back in the day let alone now. I am keeping mine for a specail build. who ever buys these are in for a treat.
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£55 each! So mine are very cheap then. Come on, roll up, roll up!
 
Re: The Holy Grail of retro rims - MA40 32H NOS pair!

Deveron53":i1kan8gh said:
...including a set of cartridge V-brake pads compatible with ceramic rims.
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They're hard anodized, not ceramic.
 
Re: The Holy Grail of retro rims - MA40 32H NOS pair!

DoctorRad":i3qf8293 said:
Deveron53":i3qf8293 said:
...including a set of cartridge V-brake pads compatible with ceramic rims.
Click to expand...

They're hard anodized, not ceramic.
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What will ceramic compatible pads do to them?
 
Re: The Holy Grail of retro rims - MA40 32H NOS pair!

Deveron53":3m9stzgq said:
DoctorRad":3m9stzgq said:
Deveron53":3m9stzgq said:
...including a set of cartridge V-brake pads compatible with ceramic rims.
Click to expand...

They're hard anodized, not ceramic.
Click to expand...

What will ceramic compatible pads do to them?
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PROBABLY take off the anodising faster than normal pads and make them look tatty even more quickly...!
 
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