Still using rim brakes?
I was going to try this but moved onto discs... often bicycle trials riders for a wet course will apply tar or grind their rims for added braking power. Maybe it's something you'd experiment on with in the winter?
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I had a cheap BMX that I used for low speed goofing around, a pseudo trials mix of street and flat-land. The braking surfaces were coated with whatever was on the rest of the rims. I did some patterned work with a dremel sanding tool on the brake surfaces. Didn't take all the paint off, basically just messed it up. It helped with the stop and lock type stuff, but I wouldn't do it on a bike that saw any kind of speed or distance riding.
I also think that on a bike that travels this sort of thing would have to be regularly repeated. I've worn out rims due to the grit and grime of winter riding. I would not help that process along by doing anything like what you describe or what I have done to a bike that has to go somewhere. |
Grinding rims creates uneven breaking which leads to endobikitis.
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Originally Posted by Snowman219
(Post 13453585)
Grinding rims creates uneven breaking which leads to endobikitis.
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Originally Posted by Snowman219
(Post 13453585)
Grinding rims creates uneven breaking which leads to endobikitis.
And that folks, is the official "Word of the day"! :thumb: |
I just use rim brakes all winter long. I'm not interested in disk brakes, or doing anything to the braking surface of the rims.
Sure wet rims will decrease your braking ability, but I just try to keep that in mind. I did have a single situation that caused problems. Just once or twice a winter, my wheel rims will get coated with frost overnight. That led to a rather interesting accident. Details in the winter bicycling sig site page. |
Originally Posted by Twonutz
(Post 13456096)
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And that folks, is the official "Word of the day"! :thumb:
Originally Posted by Closed Office
(Post 13458227)
I just use rim brakes all winter long. I'm not interested in disk brakes, or doing anything to the braking surface of the rims.
Sure wet rims will decrease your braking ability, but I just try to keep that in mind. I did have a single situation that caused problems. Just once or twice a winter, my wheel rims will get coated with frost overnight. That led to a rather interesting accident. Details in the winter bicycling sig site page. Of course the other possibility is you ride like a little girl at 10km/h so slowing down isn't a problem... :innocent: |
Its called an endo. From the mt biking types.
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No rim brakes for me. Both my winter bikes are fixed gear, both with a front brake but it doesn't get much use. I destroyed a set of wheels with rim brakes. The salty, gritty road gunk ruined them.
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Tar would be terrible for everyday riding. Grabby brakes are no fun for any riding besides trials.
I have rim brake rims from 1996 that still have a couple of years in 'em. I have some from 2000ish that are still doing fine. I do a LOT of rain rides and have had a few 5000 mile years and can't imagine wasting rims in two years. I just recently wasted a rim from the '80s. I'm going to get a Sun CR-18 to replace it. $27.00, about the price of a new rotor. If I find a cheap bike I like that has discs I wouldn't kick it out of bed, though. |
Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
(Post 13479230)
Tar would be terrible for everyday riding. Grabby brakes are no fun for any riding besides trials.
I have rim brake rims from 1996 that still have a couple of years in 'em. I have some from 2000ish that are still doing fine. I do a LOT of rain rides and have had a few 5000 mile years and can't imagine wasting rims in two years. I just recently wasted a rim from the '80s. I'm going to get a Sun CR-18 to replace it. $27.00, about the price of a new rotor. If I find a cheap bike I like that has discs I wouldn't kick it out of bed, though. |
Originally Posted by electrik
(Post 13479593)
my rear rims don't last more than two season
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Who needs to add grit in the winter? They have trucks that literally dump thousands of pounds of it all over the street.
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Originally Posted by Scheherezade
(Post 13479779)
Who needs to add grit in the winter? They have trucks that literally dump thousands of pounds of it all over the street.
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Originally Posted by electrik
(Post 13458440)
Maybe you ride somewhere that people don't open doors or pull out in front of you. In conditions here even 1 meter less stopping distance often means the difference between getting tagged or just giving a dirty look.
I do have some shifts that start at 9. I am able to go about 10 blocks along residential streets to get to a bike path. It's the scenic route. It adds some time and distance, but it's worth it. I hadn't even thought of driving in rush hour conditions and I agree brakes would be a lot more important then. |
I'm just waiting until I use up all my steel rims so I can go to my MTB with aluminium rims in the winter. The steel rims are bad in the dry, and even worse in the wet.
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Originally Posted by chandltp
(Post 13484389)
I'm just waiting until I use up all my steel rims so I can go to my MTB with aluminium rims in the winter. The steel rims are bad in the dry, and even worse in the wet.
In wet weather steel rims have no braking. :D My steel rims get beyond scary if I so much as ride through a short patch of dewey grass. Fred Flintstone has better braking in his car. Upgrading my rims on this bike is on my winter project list if I can put the scratch together to do it. Thankfully my winter bike has alloy rims. |
Originally Posted by Tundra_Man
(Post 13484565)
In wet weather steel rims have no braking. :D
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