Chalo
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MarkJohnston said:Chalo said:MarkJohnston said:I just purchased and received the SUnlite Ringles XL. THEY HAVE NO MACHINED SIDEWALLS!!!! How much is this going to affect braking performance with my Vbrakes? I
Not at all. Machined sidewalls aren't for your benefit-- they exist so the rim manufacturer doesn't have to do a good job lining up the rim joint. As long as the sidewalls aren't painted or powdercoated, you're better off if they aren't machined.
There anodized or painted. It is a black sun ringle XL. BEST best is that the brake pads will wear off the paint sooner or later. As i mentioned " buyer pays return shipping". It's really difficult finding a good rim that checks ALL the boxes.
They're anodized. I've seen a lot of Sun rims for 35 years and none were painted. Anodizing doesn't harm brake effectiveness.
Let this nonsense go-- machined rims were thought up in the '90s as a way to make them more cheaply and get them to wear out faster. You got some good traditionally made rims there, but you're spinning out about them not having a feature that makes them worse.
Last time I had a choice between powdercoated or powdercoated and machined rims, I took the non-machined ones and skinned off the sidewalls myself with a flap wheel. That way I knew no material had been removed unnecessarily.