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@Tokyo_Skid
Hello all
Basically I am building up a bike and its nearly finished! And its time to order my much needed wheels and i've been doing alot research on what i want and -'ve managed to find some velocity B43 and this is my dilemma.
I want to run brakeless because of the look and clean style it gives, but i kind of do want to run a brake incase i need to suddenly stop. So i was wondering, does anyone run brakes on their B43's and if the paint comes off after time? (Im going for the white ones)
Also for the people that run brakeless, how are you finding it and do you ever find yourself wanting brakes?
I have considered machined wall rims for brakes but Ive found a great pair of B43's for cheap and I'm not really into the other wheelsets I've come across.
Any help would be great.