Originally Posted by
sivat
But there is a difference between "not machined" and "powdercoated."
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Originally Posted by
urbanknight
They won't squeal if you set the brake pads correctly. The "track" rims were the normal rims 15 years ago when they didn't have machined braking surfaces. I speak from experience because I rode Velocity Deep V rims on my road bike back in the mid 90's, along with Mavic Open 4 CDs and Sun Mistrals, all of which had no machined surface. They only squealed if I didn't have any toe in the pads.
People sometimes forget that we didn't always have the technology we have today. Bike rims used to be made of wood, ya know.
edit: I agree that wet braking will suffer, and even dry braking is arguably better on machined surfaces.
Entirely besides the point, even though you're wrong. Why buy into a problem when you already have a recourse (get exactly what you paid for).