did i make a mistake?
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did i make a mistake?
So i bought some weinmann dp18s for the conversion ive been working on. I was planning to ride the bike fixed with only a front brake but the more I have been thinking about it, I feel like I am going to want to ride it single speed some of the time. Should I return the wheels for a set that are machined or should I just let my brakes do the machining and keep rocking the dp18s?
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return em. brakes do take the paint off of rims and 'machine' their own surface, but it takes a while and will never look as clean as machined rims. you won't regret returning them.
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I was planning to ride the bike fixed with only a front brake
I feel like I am going to want to ride it single speed some of the time
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The way you made it sound is you got one front machined, a non-machined rear and since you were thinking of riding SS some of the time, you were thinking of adding a rear brake and were worried about the rear wheel not being machined. If you are only riding SS some of the time, just keep a front brake with a front machined wheel. If youre worried about matching wheels, I guess return the both for 2 machined wheels? I guess we dont know what you currently have LOL. 2 non-machined wheels? 1 machined front and NM rear?
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If they arent painted, just ride em, in a matter of a few weeks they will machine and be fine.