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Redline:
Here's the deal with the Z-rims guys.... I clearly remember cos I bought a set the moment they came out. The early Z's were made in the USA and had no lettering on them, but they did have a small red/blue/chrome sticker which sat on the top face of the rim. Always used to annoy me cos it kept peeling up at the edges due to the profile of the rim. The early rims also used to be dated with a stamp on the inside surface of the rim where your rim tapes go over the spoke nipples. The later rims with the lettering printed on the sides were in fact produced in the UK and used a slightly thinner strain of the NylonZytel material... which to their detriment made the rims a tad more flexy than the USA made ones! Gotta say I love Z's though... I have a NOS pair of USA made ones (complete with stickers) on my Redline MXII.
Hope this clears it all up for ya!!

pickle:
I bought a set with the date stamp on the inside (about 82/3) and they had writing on them.......i'm still not convinced  :-\

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