No, any bike without chrome rims will almost always have poor braking. Chrome rims offer the best possible braking surface for freestyle bmx. If you run straight cables, not through a Gyro, or through the fork for the front brakes, then you can get by with straight aluminum, or black rims. But, for the best braking the bike should have chrome plated rims or Duralectric rims. No bikes ship stock with Duralectric rims though.