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@Monsta
Hey Guys/Girls,
After reading this thread I went out to test my new bike out, which had full DeepV rims front and back with a newly added front brake. I felt that with the paint on the rim it seemed to jump a bit when a lot of pressure was applied, plus it left the horrible black marks around the rim.
The bike was second hand, so also had a bit of a gash that was ripping chunks out of my brake pads, so I decided to file it down...
Took me a good few hours, first using a file to expose the metal, then sanding to clean it up a bit. The finish looks fine and I find the brake a lot less jarring now (although I'm going to be trying to use that as little as possible).
I've attached an image of the finished result for anyone who's planning on doing the same thing.
P.s. Is it worth treating the metal in some way?
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