Originally Posted by
Helderberg
Also, is there anything you can do to extend the life of the rims such as softer v-brake pads to save the rim and sacrifice the pads?
Check your pads for anything they might have been picked up and that are stuck in the pad. For some reason my Bontrager rims that came stock with my FX seem to shed small metal shards from the rim to the pad. I can tell because every so often I'll get a metal on metal sounds from the brakes. A pair of tweezers or small blade usually does the trick removing them.