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Abstract

A bicycle rim for bicycles with a rim body with a visible surface perceptible in proper operation, wherein a supporting structure of the rim body is made from fibrous composite materials of prepreg layers is disclosed. The rim body includes rim flanks disposed opposite one another, a rim well, and a rim base. The visible surface is formed by a thin non-woven layer on the supporting structure, so as to form directly during manufacturing, an optically appealing, visible surface on the rim body, involving no postprocessing. The non-woven layer forms on the rim body, an outer layer of a composite layer. The composite layer includes a prepreg layer and the non-woven layer.

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