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Depends if they've built the wall up enough.
Well mavic think they have, not sure why you'd doubt them.
Plus they'd not just squeal they'd barely work.
People ride painted rims (Archetypes for instance) and die only of natural causes. Did Mongoose use thick gloss enamel or something?
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I'm not doubting anything.
Mavic built a rim for disc brakes. They've possibly not built it with any regard to a set of brakes wearing away at that part of the rim (as they might do with a rim designed for rim brakes) which will of course effect its strength.
Although by the looks of things its overbuilt (as I said) so will be fine.
tallsam
Depends if they've built the wall up enough.
Plus they'd not just squeal they'd barely work.
Do you not remember the Mongoose single speeds where they painted the rims? No braking until the paint melted or chipped off. It killed brake pads and didn't really stop the bike.