Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,383
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From: Boulder, Colorado
Bikes: Cinelli Supercoursa 69, Ritchey Breakaway Cross, Mondonico Diamond Extra 05, Coors Light Greg Lemond (built by Scapin) 88, Scapin MTB, Stumpjumper 83, Specialized Stumpjumper M4, Lemond Poprad 2001
With the level of machining of the sidewalls on high quality rims ceramic is an unnecessary expense...unless you want something other than the Al silver sidewall color. I have some Mavic Open 4 CD rims from the late 80's which are still doing fine but I do all my builds out of Open Pro or the new DT Swiss double eyelet rims.
Clean the brake pads after riding on roads in wet weather to get rid of any embedded dirt in the rubber which is hell on Al rims.