I recently purchased a new "winter bike" and after several short test rides, I noticed that there is some minor pulsing from the front wheel. I know it's the wheel as I switched it out and no pulsing. The wheel is anodized aluminum and it runs true. I took it out to my LBS and my friendly mechanic suggested that the pulsing was due to uneven wear on the braking surface of the wheel where some sections are bright aluminum and some still show the anodized surface. He suggested a couple of fixes that involved grinding the brake track to remove the anodized surface. I don't have the tools to do this, so he suggested purchasing a set of abrasive brake pads and use them until the brake track is uniform and the pulsing disappears. What do you think of this advice? Where do I get such brake pads? Should I just live with the pulsing since it is rather minor?
Tsapp