Patent ID: 7858011

Claim:
A method of producing a rim in particular for bicycles comprising a rim well, a rim base and rim flanks connecting the rim well with the rim base, and rim flanges between which a tire can be accommodated, comprises the following steps: positioning on a separate support at least a first quantity of strips of a woven-fiber including material which said first quantity of strips comprises a first shape, a first width and a first length; positioning on the support at least a second quantity of strips of the woven-fiber including material which said second quantity of strips has a second shape different from the first shape, to form from said first quantity and at least said second quantity of strips, a first multi-layer laminated band; producing a second multi-layer laminated band which is narrower than the first laminated band; re-shaping the substantially first laminated band into a V-shaped laminated band; inserting the V-shaped first laminated band along the periphery of the inner part of a basic mold; positioning a core on the first laminated band in the basic mold; positioning the second laminated band on the core; inserting from outside at least a first and at least a second substantially annular rim well ring on the second laminated band, which rim well rings abut the sides of the second laminated band; inserting a wedge-shaped spreader ring between the rim well rings to pressure-join the material in the region of the upper rim flanks and the rim flanges; positioning an outer ring; heating up the mold and temperature-controlling for a predetermined duration at predetermined temperature conditions; and removing the rim.