Anodised Rims Wearing?

Posted on Thu 22nd, July 2010

• #1

Honest

Hi

On my SE Lager I have a pair of Alex R500 rims, they have a blue anodised finish.

Ive only had the bike acouple of weeks, on my first ride in the wet ive lost a load of the blue anodising where the pads are on the rims.

I guess there was some gunk from the roads on the pads rims that caused the wear, its seems a bit quick for so much to come off though, is this normal for anodised rims?

Cheers
• #2

jv

yeah always happens. dont know why they dont add a machined braking section
• #3

M_V

Yup, the hard anodising on my Open Pro started to wear when I used a brake.
Standard coloured anodising is thinner/less robust so will wear quickly.
• #4

Honest

Is a bit of a shitter, think ill keep my brakes though. Getting to Euston station turns out ive got a bigger problem
• #5

MatP

Someone nicked your crankset!!??????
• #6

Honest

yeh, lost my cranks and pedals, bunch of savages

think is they weren't even that good, i saw a couple of better pairs near my bike, guess they were pretty new looking

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