-Teague- I did end up going with the polished NMSW wheels. It just weirded me out that they asked in the first place. I probably wouldn't have even noticed had they not. They don't function any worse or better than any other wheels that I've had. I did experience squealing at first, but I angled the pads in quite a bit, 2x the width of a business card (or folded in half) and it resolved immediately. I've now ordered 3 sets of those wheels in total since starting this thread. I'm a big guy and want bomb-proof wheels with wide internal width for fatties. I couldn't be happier. I've been ordering mine from Peter White Cycles with Son Dynamo up front and White Ind out back. Love everything about them.
On Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 7:00:24 PM UTC-5 Ed Fausto wrote: > Hi Scott, > > I have experience with Non-machined side wall for both polish and > non-polish (regular) Cliffhanger & Atlas rims from Velocity. > The polish version looks real nice at the start but once it starts to get > used, the finish acquires some stains from various elements of the road. > Although, I have not tried to polish it with some kind of compound to > restore its luster. > Since then, all my bto wheels from Rick were all non-polish (regular) > version. > If there is an anodized version, I would personally go to that route. > > Regards, > Edgar > > On Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 6:41:07 AM UTC+8 Teague Scott wrote: > >> Digging this thread up... >> >> About to get into building some wheels for my new-to-me Susie. I'm >> getting some Cliffhangers, leaning towards NMSW, and am contemplating >> silver (ano?) vs. polished. I didn't see any mention of a difference >> between these two finish types in the thread so far. I guess polished is >> pretty much the anodized version w/ anodization removed along the brake >> track. But does the process of polishing create a brake track surface more >> impervious to roughage by wet n dusty conditions? If so, maybe it's only a >> temporary imperviousness. >> >> Wondering whether anyone out there has experience with the NMSW polished >> version. >> >> On Monday, August 21, 2023 at 5:46:01 PM UTC-6 ttoshi wrote: >> >>> I too have NMSW--mine are A23 velocity rims. The kool stop oranges >>> squeal, and I have lightly sanded the brake pads when they got glassy and >>> it stops squealing for a few hundred miles. I'm gonna try some kool-stop >>> black pads with them based upon the discussion and see if it gets rid of >>> the squeals. Apparently I have not worn down my rims enough yet... >>> >>> Toshi >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d1c23015-e5ac-496a-96c1-05be35525592n%40googlegroups.com.
