Originally Posted by freako

I tell you what, you do one stop from 30mph on flat road at a hard brake and immediately upon stopping please, please place your fingers firmly on the braking surface of the rim and tell me how hot it felt, then do that 4 times in succession. Whatever heat you felt magnify that by about 4 times for steel which will magnify even far greater with each following stop because steel won't dissipate the heat like aluminum.