FiR M121 year

[coyut]

I got a bike which has italian FiR M121 rims.
Now I wonder in which year these were produced/sold.

FiR does not seem to be in business anymore.
So sadly I can't contact them.
The other italian FIR company has no relationship to the one I'm looking for.

Maybe someone here knows more about them.

 

[joglo]

Hi,
there is unfortunately very little documentation on FIR.
Just Disraeligears has a few documents

Documents - FiR

FiR stands for 'Fabbrica Italiana Ruote' (which might translate as 'Italian Wheel Factory'). The company was set up in Bergamo in 1956 by the Arrigoni brothers. As it name suggests, it specialized in the manufacture of bicycle rims and, later, complete bicycle wheels, especially wheels of the...

www.disraeligears.co.uk

They also still have screenshots from their 2012 website.

To me, the company today is the same, FIR Fabbrica Italiana Ruote

Company

F.I.R. is one of the leading manufacturers of wheels and casters for the industrial and service sectors.

www.fir.it

but they may have moved out completly of bicycle business.

Ad from 1989


Catalog from 2002


Website 2012


By quickly browsing material, i have not seen anything on M121 rims.
I would assume those are mid to second half of 90ties.

The M122 show up for 1996 in the spare information about rims at the Mombat Timeline

MOMBAT: Timeline of Mountain Bike Components and Accessories

Short description of your site here.

mombatbicycles.com

 

[coyut]

Thank you very much. The company FIR has nothing to do with FiR.
I contacted them. They told me that they have nothing to do with FiR (small i).
They are producing industrial wheels. They also told me that FiR went out of business somewhere around 2015.

If the M122 is a 96 then the M121 will most likely be earlier. Which would be perfect for my build.

Thank you very much for taking some time and sharing your information