Thanks, Jim, and I see that I was involved in that October of last year discussion, and it seems that almost 6 months later there’s no still no anecdotal evidence that the ebike pads wear rims faster. That is in itself good news and I plan to buy some.
Of course, conditions change rates of rims wear. I meant, conditions being the same, ie discounting conditions. On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 6:46 PM Jim in Mpls <[email protected]> wrote: > Here ya go Patrick > https://groups.google.com/g/rbw-owners-bunch/c/w-Ic8wKCqWY/m/qqZatqprAgAJ > From last Oct. > And I still have them on a bunch of my bikes. > I think rim wear depends on your riding conditions. If you do a lot of big > descents on wet, gritty roads yeah, they're probably going to wear your > rims, like any pads. > > Jim in Mpls > > On Monday, March 23, 2026 at 10:32:04 AM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Thanks, all, the consensus is positive. >> >> I don’t expect that anyone is scientifically comparing rim wear between >> ebike gray and salmon pads, but I wanted to hear if anyone had their rims >> sandpapered by these pads. Apparently no one has. >> >> Armand: I searched the archive and found a thread from March 2025 where >> Jim from Mpls and Bill Lindsay praise them, but nothing else; if you can >> point me to a longer thread, I’d be grateful; thanks. >> >> Right now, a bike’s worth is on my shopping list. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 7:49 PM Armand Kizirian <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> There was a pretty extensive thread about these some time ago, likely >>> can find it pretty easily. I use them, won't use any other compound again. >>> >>> I don't think anyone is conducting scientific experiments to assess if >>> they eat rims faster than others. >>> >> >> -- > 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/7282f168-8b54-4da4-a207-bb812bead6a5n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7282f168-8b54-4da4-a207-bb812bead6a5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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/CALuTfguDCOprz1owJhFBZ6%2BwvR61HgbUGyh9Xp2qvRW7DBhPzg%40mail.gmail.com.
