Mavic current & vintage rims

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What is now Mavic was started in the late 19th century as a maker of bicycle components. Charles Idoux & Lucien Chanel began making bicycle parts in 1889. They called their company "Manufacture d'Articles Vélocipédiques Idoux et Chanel". Obviously Mavic is much easier to say.

It was in 1934 that Mavic hit its stride when they began making aluminum bicycle rims. The Tour de France initially forbade their use, Tour boss Henri Desgrange felt they were unsafe compared to wooden rims. Antonin Magne won his second Tour in 1934 using Mavic rims that were painted to look like ones of wood.

In 1975 Mavic began producing the revolutionary Module E, made with a real hook on the bead. This gave the Michelin Elan and other high-pressure tires a more secure seat and almost eliminated tire blow-offs.

Mavic introduced their own component groupset in 1979. The rear derailleurs were beautifully well-made and had an interesting difference. All the derailleur pivot pins were held in place with removable circlips. The derailleurs could be completely disassembled, cleaned and rebuilt. Broken or worn parts, even of the parallelogram, could be replaced.

Mavic CXP Pro 700c x 32-hole clincher rim. New, $80.00/each

Part# 51483-P

We have two in stock
Each rim weighs 470 grams.
Thanks to its 23 mm aero shaped profile, CXP Pro slices through the air, while its Maxtal alloy keeps its weight low. SUP welded and eyeleted, CXP Pro is also very strong and durable.

Here's a cross-section of the Mavic CXP Pro rim

Side view. Still in its factory wrap.

Mavic Open Pro UST 700c x 32-hole clincher rim. New, $120.00/each

Part# 51401

Weight is 430 grams each.
We have two in stock.

Side view

Close-up

Close-up of the sidewall, showing that Mavic has tried to eliminate all unnecessary material.

Mavic Open Pro-C 700c x 32-hole clincher rim. New, $80.00/each

Part# 51553-C

Rim weight is 435 grams
We have two in stock.

Side view

Close-up of the rim.

Mavic Open Sport 700c 36-hole 16mm black clincher rim. New, $55.00/each

Part #51476

We have two in stock.
This rim weighs 450 grams
This rim has a welded seam, machined sidewalls & single eyelet.

Mavic open Sport rim

Side view

Mavic open Sport rim

Close-up of the rim, shwong the wear indicator groove in the sidwall.

Mavic open Sport rim

Looking in the rim at the valve hole.

Mavic Open Pro Silver 700 x 32 hole 16mm rim. New, $100.00/each

Part# 51558

We have three in stock.
Double eyelet
Welded with machined sidewalls
420 grams

New and ready for the road.

Mavic Open Pro Black 700c x 32 hole 16mm rim. New, $100.00/each

Part #51553

We have two in stock
Double eyelet
Welded with machined sidewalls
420 grams

New and ready for the road.

Mavic Open Pro CD 700 x 32 16mm rim. New, $120.00/each

Part# 51519

We have two in stock.
Hard Anodized
Double eyelet
welded, with machined sidewalls
460 grams

Mavic Open Pro CD 700 x 36 16mm rim. New, $120.00/each

Part# 51552

Hard Anodized
Double eyelet
Welded, with machined sidewalls
460 grams

Mavic T519 Black/Ceramic 700 x 40 hole 16mm rim. New, $150.00/each

Part# 51477

Ceramic coated sidewalls
Double eyelet
Welded, with machined sidewalls
580 grams

Mavic MA-40 700C x 36 hole rim. New, $300.00/each

Part# 51551

This rims weighs 460 grams
Stainless steel double eyelets
Hard anodized
Produced mid-1980s - 1999

Mavic MA-40 rim

Still new and beautiful after all these years.

Mavic MA40 rim

Close-up

Mavic MA40 700c x 32-hole rim. Lightly used, $175.00/each

This rims weighs 470 grams
External width 20.5mm, Internal width 13.5mm (between the lips, not at the bottom).

Mavic MA-40 rim

Side view

Mavic MA40 rim

Close-up of the rim labels

MA40 rim sidewall

The rim sidewall

Mavic MA40 rim

Scratch on the rim sidewall

Mavic MA40 rim

Looking in the rim at the valve stem hole

Mavic Open Pro 650c 32-hole CD (hard anodized) rim. New, $90.00/each

Part# 51518

This rim weighs 390 grams.
We have three in stock.
Stainless steel double eyelets

Mavic Open Pro 650c rim

Here's the rim.

Open Pro CD

Here are the rim labels.

Mavic open Pro rim

Looking in the rim at the valve hole. The stainless steel double eyelets are are nice feature.

Mavic Module E 700c x 36 hole clincher rim. Used

We have two: #1 | #2

This was the rim that started the lightweight clincher revolution. Mavic Module-E rims were introduced in 1975. They were developed in conjunction with Michelin to work with their new Elan tires. Module-E rims were 20mm wide vs. the 22, 23, or 24mm wide alloy rims of the day. They had hooks inside to secure the beads on the Elan tires that prevented their blowing off the rims at higher pressures.

Mavic Module E 700c x 36 hole clincher rim #1. Used, $75.00/each

Side view

It still has its vintage Mavic label.

A look in the rim at the valve hole

Mavic Module E 700c x 36 hole clincher rim #2. Used, $75.00/each

Side view

The vintage rim label

Looking in the rim at the valve hole

Mavic Module E2 700c 36-hole clincher rim. Used, $75.00/each

Factory weight given for this rim is 430 grams.
This rim was produced from 1979 until sometime in the 1980s.
This rim no longer has its label.

Mavic Mod e2 rim

Side view of the rim.

Mavic mod e2 rim

Here's the rim joint, which Mavic has always done very well.

Looking in the rim at the valve hole.

Mavic Sport 36-hole Red Label Tubular Rim. Used, $45.00/each

We are comfortable that these are Mavic Sport tubular rims from the 1970s, but we are not absolutely sure.
These rims are not ferruled and require washers, which will be supplied with the rims
These rims weigh 340 grams each.
We have two in stock.

Mavic Sport rims

Here are the rims.

Mavic Sport rims

Looking down on the rims,

Mavic rims

The decades-old Mavic stickers.

Mavic(?) 36-hole tubular rim. Used, $45.00/each

We cannot nail down the maker of these rims for sure. To us, given the shape of the rims and ferrules, they are probably Mavic rims from the 1960s. No matter who the maker is, they would not have been made any later that 1968 because the valve stem decals say "S.G.D.G", an abbreviation for "Breveté Sans Garantie Du Gouvernement" (patent without government guarantees). It was a form of patent that ended in 1968.
We have two of these rims in stock.
These rims weigh 390 grams each.

Mavic sew-up rim