Originally Posted by
desertdork
I'm sure I could've put many more miles on them. Other than keeping the pads and brake tracks clean, I didn't baby them, since I really didn't care if I had to replace them. Dry weather, 160lbs, mostly flat and low gradient miles, KS salmon pads.
Er, yes, you babied them. Wet weather riding and hills is what wears brake surfaces. Having said that, even riding in my local conditions, through the winter, I'd still expect to get 15000 miles out of a set of rims.