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Pinky V3 - Rims
11/07/16
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I had a theory since I had now replaced nearly every part of the braking system only to see exactly the same issue; the rims. I’m sure there’s a scientific way to know whether there is any braking surface left on the rims or not by my approach went as follows. Remove pads, clean pads, sand pads a bit, remove rim, clean rim with IPA, re-fit. Same issue. New rims time.
Some Gumtree haggling later and I’m in possession of a brand new, flip-flop, Redneck rear rim (black), and a 40mm deep, white and gold aluminium NOLOGO front wheel. The front wheel is a bit off-piste and low quality I’ll admit but I liked that the gold and white matched the saddle. Wheel swap time. Easy peasy I thought.
Firstly, whatever wire Continental chose for their Tour Ride tyre is immovable. I can only imagine they used some offcuts from Captain America’s shield to make it. My dad and I struggled enough to get them on, getting them off was a two man, blunt object kind of job. Then they didn’t fit the frame so my local bike shop (Fudges Chiswick) kindly angle grinded 0.5 mm off the inside of my forks and rear stays.
Finally, finally my brakes work. Assessment correct. And the drivetrain is no longer a hack. The black bars and stem were bugging me. Pinky’s colour scheme has moved on. So I changed those too.