Patent ID: 8048355

Claim:
A method for making a bicycle rim, comprising: outer part arrangement (S 1 ): arranging composite material to be the outer part ( 10 ) in a first mold; outer part molding (S 2 ): heating the arranged composite material to be the outer part under pressure and the composite material being solidified to form the outer part ( 10 ) which includes an annular body ( 11 ) with two sidewalls ( 12 ), a tire space ( 13 ) defined between the annular body ( 11 ) and the two sidewalls ( 12 ), each sidewall ( 12 ) having an outside ( 14 ); inner part arrangement (S 3 ): arranging the outer part ( 10 ) in a second mold and arranging composite material to be an inner part ( 20 ) in the second mold, the composite material to be the inner part ( 20 ) encompassing at least one part of the outsides ( 14 ) of the outer part ( 10 ), and inner part molding (S 4 ): heating the composite material to be the inner part ( 20 ) in the second mold and the composite material to be the inner part being solidified and combined with the outer part ( 20 ) to obtain the bicycle rim ( 1 ).