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I'll just put my oar in on the other side of the argument.
I appreciate the merits of non-machined sidewalls (longer life), and maybe it's just bad luck on my
part but I had three successive front wheels with poor joints that no amount of sanding would
improve and it drove me nuts. I know everyone says it's a rare ocurrence but 3 outa 3 is too much
for me. Offroad in particular a grabby spot on the front is a royal PITA when you're doing slow,
steep stuff on loose surfaces.
I've had a few welded and machined rims since and they've all been nice and smoooth. I don't wear
out rims too often nowadays so I'm happy to accept a wheel lasting 5 years instead of 7 or 7 instead
of 10 or whatever and get smooth, controllable braking.
Other folks obviously have better experiences with non-machined rims but that has been mine to date.
Duncan Bourne
Paul Kopit wrote:
>I mistakenly got a set on non annodized Velocity Aerohead rims. They are great. I rode a couple of
>thousand miles before they looked like machined rims. I've had similar experience with older
>Wolber 59 rims. I wasn't crazy about it on Mavic Open 4s because the sidewall didn't loose the
>color evenly.
>
>I vote non machined.
>
>On 23 Jan 2003 09:45:24 -0800,
[email protected] (Patrick) wrote:
>
>
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>>Just wondering if it really makes any difference. Some manufacturers don't even advertise whether
>>the sidewalls are machined; others do. Velocity for example, makes both, but I believe they're the
>>same price. What gives? Just marketing hype?
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</head> <body> I'll just put my oar in on the other side of the argument.<br> <br> I appreciate the
merits of non-machined sidewalls (longer life), and maybe it's just bad luck on my part but I had
three successive front wheels with poor joints that no amount of sanding would improve and it drove
me nuts. I know everyone says it's a rare ocurrence but 3 outa 3 is too much for me. Offroad in
particular a grabby spot on the front is a royal PITA when you're doing slow, steep stuff on loose
surfaces. <br> <br> I've had a few welded and machined rims since and they've all been nice and
smoooth.<br> I don't wear out rims too often nowadays so I'm happy to accept a wheel lasting 5 years
instead of 7 or 7 instead of 10 or whatever and get smooth, controllable braking.<br> <br> Other
folks obviously have better experiences with non-machined rims but that has been mine to date.<br>
<br> Duncan Bourne<br> <br> Paul Kopit wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite"
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[email protected]"> <pre wrap="">I mistakenly got a set on non
annodized Velocity Aerohead rims. They are great. I rode a couple of thousand miles before they
looked like machined rims. I've had similar experience with older Wolber 59 rims. I wasn't crazy
about it on Mavic Open 4s because the sidewall didn't loose the color evenly.
I vote non machined.
On 23 Jan 2003 09:45:24 -0800, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
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mailto:[email protected]">
[email protected]</a> (Patrick) wrote:
</pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Just wondering if it really makes any difference.
Some manufacturers don't even advertise whether the sidewalls are machined; others do. Velocity
for example, makes both, but I believe they're the same price. What gives? Just marketing hype?
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