What colours did Araya 7b's originally come in ?

[bobafett]

I know they definitely came in clear alloy and also gold and later rims like 7x also came in blue, black or red as well but not sure if these colours were definitely available on 7b's

Chrome finish on the alloy rims and also black looks like it didn't come until the 7x were around so that's those ruled out for 7b's I reckon.

I have all the araya catalogues available but unfortunatley they jump from 1970 to 1980. The 1970 shows clear alloy only and the 1980 doesn't show 7b's  The catalogues also show 7c's as red,gold,blue or silver alloy.

Any confirmations of original colours then for 7b's ? Any advert pics ?

[jT Racing]

i'm pretty sure i've seen red, but there is no way i could confirm it was an OG finish.

[RATTY]

I have a red 7b rim, and Im sure Stompin Stu used a red 7b up front on his redline

[Redline]

Just bought some NOS 7b's and they are red fella 

[Rodgy1970]

blue and gold here   

http://martinbike.jalbum.net/Bike%20Builder/Rims%20&%20Wheels/index2.html

[bobafett]

Right then, so it looks like b's came in the same colours as c's then - namely...... silver alloy, gold, red, blue - no chrome, no black 

Cheers 

[Mattdub]

Right then, so it looks like b's came in the same colours as c's then - namely...... silver alloy, gold, red, blue - no chrome, no black 

Cheers 

John ,

No chrome .

Pastel painted blue were about ( I can add a pic later ) , not sure on other painted colours ? ( I'll check piccies/ref material I have later ) .

I've a NOS set in black 

Rick ( Reilley1 ) , probably knows a fair bit about these  .

[bobafett]

Painted finishes hey Matt ? Hmmmmm interesting.

Can't see any reference to painted rims in the catalogues - any pics would be cool 

And NOS Black ?  Very interesting also - is that a painted black or anodised ?

Just seems strange that even the 7c's aren't listed as being available anodised black, unusual that they would drop a colour choice when moving to the newer rim 

All good stuff - anyone else ? 

[MartyC]

Right then, so it looks like b's came in the same colours as c's then - namely...... silver alloy, gold, red, blue - no chrome, no black 

Cheers 

However, 7c's came in chrome as I had a set back in the day 

[bobafett]

Right then, so it looks like b's came in the same colours as c's then - namely...... silver alloy, gold, red, blue - no chrome, no black 
Cheers 

However, 7c's came in chrome as I had a set back in the day 

Are you sure they were alloy & chrome Marty ? No reference in any catalogues that I can see from 80 - 84 

Plenty of 7c shaped steel chrome rims though.

[Mattdub]

Blue painted 7B's , subject of a US ebay auction sometime back & said to be OG finish . I've other pics of painted 7B's on bikes too , possibly restored finishes but it kinda points to the fact they were about bitd maybe .





Chrome 7C stylee but steels , I was offered these sometime back but did'nt buy .




My NOS 7B's in black , anno as far as I remember Jon ( they haven't seen the light of day in quite sometime , purchased 06/07 maybe )

[hunterdubber]

I had a Falcon, bitd ( Murray gusset style ,Pre Cycle Pro type  ) full of decent branded  parts Takagi 3 piece ,Tioga  etc Comp 2's that included those chrome 7C's ,,

took me right back to 82 when I saw those   

[bobafett]

My NOS 7B's in black , anno as far as I remember Jon ( they haven't seen the light of day in quite sometime , purchased 06/07 maybe )

How nice are those NOS black 7b's Matt 

Original Araya paper wraps too 

Loving the colour on those - most black anodised rims are just that...BLACK - with those they look semi translucent like ano is with other colours - almost gives a "smoke" effect in the pics - I like 

The painted rim theory is interesting too - hmmmmmmmmm.........

Cheers Matt 

[MartyC]

Right then, so it looks like b's came in the same colours as c's then - namely...... silver alloy, gold, red, blue - no chrome, no black 
Cheers 

However, 7c's came in chrome as I had a set back in the day 

Are you sure they were alloy & chrome Marty ? No reference in any catalogues that I can see from 80 - 84 

Plenty of 7c shaped steel chrome rims though.

I am sure they were alloy; they came with blue ACS hubs but they got stolen with the rest of my bike only a couple of months after I got them.

[Redline]

I'll post up some pics of the Red NOS 7B's I just bought from the states if ya like fella.... just waiting for them to land 

... oh and they're an anodised red ust to clarify