I've found that new rims take a while to "break in" to the pads and that braking markedly mproves wifh use. How long have you used these rims?
Patrick Moore iPhone On Feb 6, 2012, at 5:32 PM, brian feltovich <feltov...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wondering if anyone else has experience with the VO Raid rims. The polished > surface looks pretty but I'm not impressed with braking performance. Brakes > are old-school Campy single-pivots with orange KoolStop pads. > > Can/should polished rims be roughed up a bit? I had someone tell me to use > acetone to clean off pad material left on the rims post-ride, which I've > done, but that seems extreme as a required bit of maintenance. > > Any other tips or tricks to improve performance or should I just start > hunting for rims that are less shiny and more brake-y? > > Brian > Cold but snowless Park City, UT > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/lNtr_kC8HHQJ. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
