Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Velocity Deep V non machined with front brake?

Is it bad to buy Velocity Deep V non machined if i use a front brake? i want to buy them but am wondering should i just buy a machined front and non machined back. Is this a better idea?

you *CAN* use a brake on a non-machined rim, but you might as well get the machined rim in the front.

Braking on a non-machined, powdercoated surface is going to make the powdercoat come off unevenly and look like ass, as well as providing uneven braking in the meantime. Just go machined in the front, it's what you'll end up with anyway.

I have that set up and while it works, I'd rather have gone with machined. The powdercoat does eventually wear off and begins to look as if they are machined but still not as 'clean' looking.

Man, that is the grossest thing I've ever seen. Does a webpage substitute goatsee for hotlinked images for fun? eff them then. I've just had dinner as well.

i WAS hungry for breakfast... and then hotlinking cured me.

i think i'm gonna puke now, great googly moogly.

just get a machined rim for the front.

165, please delete this thread!

I remember when ****** was funny... no wait, it was always lame.

I prefer bathtub girl.

my wolber profils were unmachined when i got them. for the first few hundred miles the brakes were a bit temperamental and grabby in the wet. now the anodising's been worn off it it looks and performs like any other alloy rim.

i'm guessing that powdercoating will take longer to wear off.

just get a machined rim in the first place.

fsnl
sparky

What picture are you all talking about?

And would the Corima pads meant for carbon rims work on the powdercoated surface of a Velocity Deep-V without marring the finish?

i've got corima cork pads.

they removed the anodising quite nicely.

fsnl
sparky

i've got corima cork pads.

they removed the anodising quite nicely.

fsnl
sparky

So much for that idea.

If you're going to run a front brake, and you have the option of getting machines or unmachined, it would seem to make more sense to get a machined rim, since it is designed to do what you want.

But if you really really want that unmachined front wheel (thats why you're asking, right?), then why not get the unmachined rim and just do w/out the brake?

What picture are you all talking about?


been removed already

What picture are you all talking about?
Already edited out, thank God. Some of us are at work.

Some of us are at work.
Hopefully they'll allow me to return again tomorrow.

165, please delete this thread!

165, please delete ryand!

******

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/5402/mondayeh8.gif

I seem to recall someone with a brake on a nonmachined rim making some horrifying squealing noise.....I mean like taxicab brake noise. does that happen in all cases?

165, please delete ryand!
hey man, i had to look at goatsee while i was at work. im pretty sure thats enough to get a thread deleted.

why do you hate me spud, i have carmel apples for you?!

I just googled "goatsee". Oh God...why??? WHY???

I just googled "goatsee". Oh God...why??? WHY???
If you want to see something funny, check the "first goaste" flickr group. Photos of people's reactions to seeing ****** for the first time.

*edit - totally worksafe.

If you want to see something funny, check the "first goaste" flickr group. Photos of people's reactions to seeing ****** for the first time.

I'll wait until I get home to do that.

hey man, i had to look at goatsee while i was at work. im pretty sure thats enough to get a thread deleted.

why do you hate me spud, i have carmel apples for you?!

i thought you had posted that. oh well when can i get one?

um... whenever. i can bring them to polo, but i might not be able to stay. i have a friend coming in town for a job interview.

great reaction to first ******:

http://static.flickr.com/64/194742561_a1e2cc2dc8.jpg?v=0

I love the one where the kid is like 6. Who would do such a horrible thing hahha.

The ****** pic at far too early this morning was more of an abrupt wake up than the ride in and my morning cup of coffee (which I had no appetite to finish after viewing the offending pic.)
zklone's .gif of the guy beating himself to death on his keyboard is the only thing keeping me sane today as I work on technical reports and release documents. It just keeps getting funnier every time I watch it. I swear I'm gonna fall off my bike from laughing if I think about it on the ride home. :roflmao:

oh god i did the google thing. didnt know that was possible.... kinda wish i hadnt

are you guys new to the interenet or something?

interenet

now with extra vitamin E.

http://xs208.xs.to/xs208/06423/japan.gif

yo take that image down man

better?

cute

that's me thinking of all the people ending up in this thread through a "deep v" search years later..