Originally Posted by
Vrede
See heres the thing. I know it won't work correctly or as effectively, however, my local bike shop said with different brake pads made for carbon wheels the paint won't get messed up. I hardly believed that so I came here to the "bike knowledge center". I guess partly bad timing with all the same posts and partly cuz I was lazy and didn't search. Sorry for getting anyone in a tizzy. The search button and I just had a talk, he is my friend now.
The special brake pads on the rim is a legitimate question. I've never heard of that, maybe someone else has, although it did pique my curiosity and I found this:
http://www.velonews.com/tech/report/...es/9143.0.html
Half-way down they talk about brake pads on carbon rims. Not what you are looking for. Honestly if you want a colored rim, I think a machined one is the way to go as I can't imagine any friction not machining it over time. I know the non machined look is really clean and some people are really into aesthetics (I am I won't lie) but I had to draw the line and just let go when it came to my front wheel.