Bike Forums - Wolber rim resurfacing

I’m slowly gathering the parts for my 1st C&V project (the ‘84 Cannondale in my signature) and saving my pennies for the ultimate “part” — the paint job. In the meantime, I’ve decided to, or rather finances have dictated that I forego building a new wheel set using the original Suntour hubs and instead salvage the anodized Wolber Super Champion Modele 58 rims that are currently laced to the hubs. Sort of C&V on the cheap.:p

Anyway, the rims are straight and the hubs are in excellent condition. The braking surface of the rims are (were) another story—full of scrapes and gouges :eek: from whatever crap was stuck in the brake pads over the past 24 years of the bike’s life. (It was a Craig's List refugee.)

After scouring with steel wool and sanding with 800 WetOrDry sandpaper I still wasn’t satisfied with the look and feel of the braking surface. I wanted it to be as smooth and uniform as possible since I had purchased a NOS Superbe Pro brakeset as part of the planned SunTour build up.

After reading numerous threads in C&V I decide to strip the anodizing from the braking surface while preserving it on the top surface of the rim. So I masked off the rims and gave them the Easy-Off and steel wool treatment, and have to say I am mostly pleased with the results.:) No, they are not like new, but they look and feel a lot better and I still need to polish them. Below are some pictures, with more pictures here.

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