Metal in brake pad damaging rim

Recently picked up a set of Mavic Ellipse wheels. On my way back last night I had to slam the brakes on to avoid a taxi cnut doing a U turn. Must have picked up some metal on the brake pad on the front wheel and it's gouged two silver lines down the braking surface.

Any ideas how I can repair this, or should I just get used to idea that this is likely to keep happening?

Take pads off.
File.
Put pads on.

clean or replace the pads

did the horrible noise not alert you, or did it just cut through the aluminium quietly?

Fixed the pads, just don't know whether to attempt to repaint the rim. Was black but now has two lovely silver scratches...

...didn't hear anything, only noticed when I got back home

It will keep happening. Get used to it.

Clean rims, clean/file pads, use different compound pads (Koolstop, etc).

No braking surface fail. Asthetics ain't my bag baby.

You're right, should just get over it. Using Koolstops at the moment, but mixed compound. I'll try a harder compound to see if it helps.

Cheers.

I once lent a bike to a friend for a few weeks, he work the brake pads down to the inner metal bit and kept on using them destroying my rim.

If you have bits of metal in the pad these must be flicked out or they will continue to score the rims

I've been there as well. Rainy day, puddles up to my knees and a big shard of glass.

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I once lent a bike to a friend for a few weeks, he work the brake pads down to the inner metal bit and kept on using them destroying my rim.

He did that to a bike in a few weeks!?!! HOW???

And can we please have his name, so that we all know never to lend a bike to him.