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RevellBikes
30-03-2007, 05:48 PM
well i am putting V brakes on my bike (its a hardtail) with some kool stop pads, and well my question is, when i put them on and it wears away the paint on my rim, would i be able to buff the side walls of the rim so its like chrome and it would have the same effect as a chrome rim?

and yes i know chrome rims have a special proces to make them chrome but by buffing it and making it smooth would it make it have a better brake performance?
x
30-03-2007, 06:43 PM
I'm pretty sure you can get chrome mtb rims but they are rare or something, Naz had/has some on his Eastbeast with a v-brake, he said it worked really well. But if you don't want to go to the hassle of getting one of them, I don't know about buffing but you can try alcohol or simple green on the rim, or ive heard of people taking to the rim with an angle grinder and roughening up the surface.
bmx
05-04-2007, 12:55 AM
well i am putting V brakes on my bike (its a hardtail) with some kool stop pads, and well my question is, when i put them on and it wears away the paint on my rim, would i be able to buff the side walls of the rim so its like chrome and it would have the same effect as a chrome rim?

and yes i know chrome rims have a special proces to make them chrome but by buffing it and making it smooth would it make it have a better brake performance?

no, the reason chrome rims work well at braking is because they have a hard surface. and smooth naked aluminium surface will not work. keep the paint on it, it creates a harder surface which is better for braking
rhysrhysbaby
05-04-2007, 06:49 AM
I'm pretty sure you can get chrome mtb rims but they are rare or something, .

Sun make quite a few chrome mtb rims. alot of people run chrome mtx's here in melbourne.
x
05-04-2007, 06:53 AM
Sun make quite a few chrome mtb rims. alot of people run chrome mtx's here in melbourne.

Mtxes are disc-only rims, you can't use them with rim brakes.

edit: here (http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=53311)is Naz's 26" with a chrome rim. It's a peregrine MAD MAXX or something.
Disturbed.Rider
05-04-2007, 07:47 AM
Why do you want to go rim brakes anyway?
RevellBikes
05-04-2007, 01:51 PM
Why do you want to go rim brakes anyway?

cause my disc are shit and i have put some v brakes on already and i have got them working better then i had my disc brakes working
Dan.
05-04-2007, 05:02 PM
Mtxes are disc-only rims, you can't use them with rim brakes.

edit: here (http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=53311)is Naz's 26" with a chrome rim. It's a peregrine MAD MAXX or something.

its a 24"
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RevellBikes
05-04-2007, 05:21 PM
Mtxes are disc-only rims, you can't use them with rim brakes.

edit: here (http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=53311)is Naz's 26" with a chrome rim. It's a peregrine MAD MAXX or something.

oh yeah and i think if anyone found a MAD MAXX rim new or in really good second hand condition,they would be uber lucky:p