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Title: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: animal on December 01, 2012, 01:32 PM: I have found that they were made from 83 onwards according 2 the patent ;) Any other info would b great :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: meticulous on December 01, 2012, 06:14 PM: i always use this as a referance, but is doesnt list them.... :-\

http://martin-bike.com/BikeBuilder/Rims%20&%20Wheels/index4.html
Title: Re: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: hunterdubber on December 01, 2012, 06:22 PM: I had some a couple of years ago Steve and did some searching and thought they were circa 1985

I think it was an Araya catalogue ???

Old magazines are the favorite source :angel:

Haven't noticed them in my magazines from 83/84 :-\

Need to find an some Araya adverts :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: Devilock on December 01, 2012, 06:30 PM: Greg Hill had them in '84.

Ill check my mags...
Title: Re: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: monkian on December 01, 2012, 06:39 PM: Got this from the 84 Catalogue: http://www.araya-kk.co.jp/rim/archive/1984.htm :daumenhoch:

(http://www.araya-kk.co.jp/rim/image/archive/1984/8407-8408.jpg)
Title: Re: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: Devilock on December 01, 2012, 06:43 PM: Nice find Paul...
Title: Re: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: monkian on December 01, 2012, 06:50 PM: Yeah, it looks like a decent site, bit tricky to navigate but there's more rim catalogues here:
http://www.araya-kk.co.jp/rim/archive.htm ;)
Title: Re: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: steve69 on December 01, 2012, 07:13 PM: 83/84, great looking rims

All the style of a 7b but with the added bonus of a full size braking surface (unlike the 7b that's only really any good for coaster brake applications)

got them on my Black Changa :smitten:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/vv209/steve69-pics/CIMG2805.jpg)
Title: Re: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: oldtired on December 01, 2012, 07:35 PM: sorry to side track , monkian :daumenhoch: i new the aero's i had bitd were double skinned , thought i'd lost me last marble :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: animal on December 01, 2012, 07:37 PM: Those 7L's in Blue r lush 8) What hubs u running on them ?

Great info fella's keep it coming :daumenhoch: I fookin love these rims cos they r a bit different and rare as far as I know ::)
Title: Re: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: steve69 on December 01, 2012, 08:02 PM: Quote from: ANIMAL on December 01, 2012, 07:37 PM
Those 7L's in Blue r lush 8) What hubs u running on them ?

They're not so blue now as i done a London ride on them ::) the hubs are Suntour HF sealed bearing :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: hunterdubber on December 02, 2012, 01:30 PM: That's the catalogue Monkian Paul :daumenhoch:

Quote from: Devilock on December 01, 2012, 06:30 PM
Greg Hill had them in '84.

Ill check my mags...

When I thought this ,,,I was corrected on here ,, that he was actually riding7B's :-\ :)

So far it's 1984 any advance on earlier ::) :)
Title: Re: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: AKGOFF on December 02, 2012, 05:35 PM: Quote from: ANIMAL on December 01, 2012, 07:37 PM
Those 7L's in Blue r lush 8) What hubs u running on them ?

Great info fella's keep it coming :daumenhoch: I fookin love these rims cos they r a bit different and rare as far as I know ::)

They're the NOS 7L rims i sold Steve, like he said, they were beautiful before that fateful London ride. ;D
Changa looks wicked Stevie. :smitten:

Adam

Greg Hill did run 7B rims on SST hubs. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: That Swan Guy on December 02, 2012, 05:37 PM: I had a set on my GT in 85.
Bloody lovely they were too :smitten:
Title: Re: Araya 7L info needed
Post by: Hootski70 on December 02, 2012, 10:57 PM: Is it a 7L that GT Number 1 has for sale atm ?