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You'd be amazed how much safer brakeless makes you ride
(but for the love of god don't do it, at least not at first)
Em - machined braking surfaces are a new thing, relatively. They make you stop better but brakes work relatively ok on a non-machined rim too. :)
I'd just go for 2 deep Vs...
...but then again i don't understand people who get hung up on weight and rolling resistance. I also don't understand the ackermann function. Or what provenance means, or what the difference between provenance and providence is. Among other things.