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Peter Nyholm November 10, 2008 at 7:06 am

Hi Mehmoud

Brake as you please if you can get the brake to hit the rim. It was only late in the nineties rim-producers started to mill braking-surfaces on rims, so untill then we didnt care. Braking will wear the nice surface though. Back inm those days (70′s and 80′s) the brakes were not that powerfull either…

I would guess those rims are for tubular tires as well, so remember to glue them.

Peter Nyholm
Copenhagen
PS. I have not ridden that exact rim, but I rode mavic gp4 rims which had a similar construction

Ry November 18, 2008 at 6:07 pm

Hey Mehmoud,

I agree with Peter, but one caveat – depending on the surface of the wheels non-machined surfaces can be very squeaky with standard brake pads. This is especially true if you have powder coated rims. I had a pair of wheels machined once, and the machinist only charged me $50, but it was really hard to find a shop with the capacity to turn the wheels. I also sanded a pair of powdercoated track rims and it solved the squeak problem, but looked ugly. My suggestion: try it carefully then adapt if the braking is inadequate or the squeaking annoying.

Best,

Ry

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