Rigida Nova 700c rims

[David E. Belche]

Hello all,

Can anyone suggest a suitable supplier for the above? Dad has a pair of these on his own bike, but
they were supplied as ready-built wheels on cheap Shimano-pattern hubs (Campag pattern not
available; I did check with the shop he got them from). The rims themselves are pretty decent,
though, so I was looking to obtain a 32h pair for building on to Campag hubs; they seem a good
training rim, probably MA3-equivalent but I suspect a little cheaper, in a two-tone black/silver
finish which would complement the rest of the parts on my road bike. Any help on the matter will be
very welcome, e-mail replies to; deb107(underscore)york(at)btinternet(dot)com.

Thanks in advance, David E. Belcher

[Arthur Clune]

David E. Belcher <deb107_york@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

: Can anyone suggest a suitable supplier for the above? Dad has a pair

I've never seen Rigida rims except as OEM equipment. Personaly, I'd just gets some MA3s.
Nicer rims IMO.

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[Pete Biggs]

I can't find any Novas.

CycleXpress has MA3 at £12.98 post free: www.cyclexpress.co.uk/categories/Road_Rims_254.asp

~PB

[Richard Bates]

On 20 Jan 2004 15:21:55 GMT, in <bujh2j$9tn$1@pump1.york.ac.uk>,
"Arthur Clune" <ajc22@york.ac.uk> wrote:

>David E. Belcher <deb107_york@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>: Can anyone suggest a suitable supplier for the above? Dad has a pair
>
>I've never seen Rigida rims except as OEM equipment. Personaly, I'd just gets some MA3s. Nicer
>rims IMO.

I've nver owned anything excpet Rigida. They suit me for pottering around and commuting. Even my
tourer has Rigida (don't know what model) and they have never given me cause for concern. Of course
I don't what what I might be missing with MA3s...
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[David E. Belche]

"Pete Biggs" <ptangerine{remove_fruit}@biggs.tc> wrote in message news:<bujk8l$ismcc$1@ID-144931.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> I can't find any Novas.
>
> CycleXpress has MA3 at £12.98 post free: www.cyclexpress.co.uk/categories/Road_Rims_254.asp
>

Not a site I've heard of before, but £12.98 sounds like good value to me. Are they a reasonable firm
to deal with re. delivery times, refund policy, etc.?

David E. Belcher

[David E. Belche]

Richard Bates <mail.sent.here.gets.deleted@cuddle.clara.co.uk> wrote in message news:<mhlq00pin7igctos037ssmcot5gfru30j5@4ax.com>...

> I've nver owned anything excpet Rigida. They suit me for pottering around and commuting. Even my
> tourer has Rigida (don't know what model) and they have never given me cause for concern.

Rigida do make some nice race rims and wheels (the ready-built Contour wheelset as used on some
Coppi bikes was favourably reviewed by CW some time ago), but they don't seem to be that widely
available, probably as they're looked upon as "that other French [1] rim maker". I used to have a
pair of wheels using the deep aero-section DP18s; great on the flat, virtually no problems with
going out of true, but definitely *not* for climbing hills on....

David E. Belcher

[1] Though they have other European factories, some of their products actually being British-made.

[Pete Biggs]

David E. Belcher wrote:

>> CycleXpress has MA3 at £12.98 post free: www.cyclexpress.co.uk/categories/Road_Rims_254.asp
>
> Not a site I've heard of before, but £12.98 sounds like good value to me. Are they a reasonable
> firm to deal with re. delivery times, refund policy, etc.?

I've used them several times (inc for rims): very quick delivery, normlly prepared to exchange or
refund, usually have items in stock but it is worth checking before ordering. Their MA3 price
with free shipping probably can't be beaten but some other firms do have black as well as silver
non-CD versions.

Parker International's price is a few pence higher plus £6 for postage.

~PB