but i'm a little mixed up on something. my lbs has non-machined black rims--but they're textured, like the cover of old fender guitar amps. what the hell? can't find anything on google...

anodizized black

Hammerite finish maybe? I think I've seen pictures of those before.

hmmm...totally not digging the crackly look. but they're all the lbs has. is my lbs weird, or is velocity just making those? the only flat black ones i find are machined.

If it were anodised, it would not be textured.

not much info to add here but . . .
I've heard of (never seen) carbon fiber dimpled road rims. Clearly, they're machined, but maybe the same idea applies? What would it do for aerodynamics?

matte anodizing is textured

yup i've seen the hammertone (or whatever it's called) finish too.
there's pics on here somewhere

nah...i don't think it's the same. i've seen those dimpled rims and they look nothing like these. i mean, yeah, it's possible that the idea is to make up for not being machined by roughing it up, but the whole idea of non-machined rims is to have no brakes or disc brakes, so a braking surface--no matter how it gets on there--seems a waste of manufaturing time.

i don't think it'd affect aerodynamics much...probably like the difference between shaving or not.

on bf? really? i'll take a look.

my black non machined are normal textured....

You mean I've been shaving this entire time for nothing?!




Kidding!! totally kidding....

powdercoated?

heh. in the summer i shave. this time of year, none of my leg skin shows anyway (thermals under my pants), so whatever.

but i'm hirsute enough that it does make a bit of difference if i shave. believe it or not. not much, but i feel it. it could also be an illusion caused by being lighter.

Which shop is this?

Did you try asking them about the rims?

veloshop. no, i didn't ask. since there no other black non-machined rims, my first impulse was to assume velocity had changed something.

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ight=hammerite

okay, cool. i'm not digging on it too much myself, but i like having the full story now.

my shop had a pair of those for a while, but someone bought em.
i wonder who...

do you know if veloshop ships?