Thread: Looking for a strong but affordable rim for dynamo wheel build
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Old 07-30-22, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by stardognine
It looks like we need a mad scientist, to spin a wheel built with one of these "non-machined" rims, preferably on a motor, and spinning with the brakes ON, for quite a long time, to see what happens. 🤔

Besides brake pad wear, we'd want to measure the actual braking, to see if there's any bad side to running them with older cantilever brakes. 🤔

Somehow, I don't think these tests have been done yet. 🙄😉
Can't help, my three Dyad wheels all have machined rims.

Even the one I mentioned above that is on a disc brake wheel, I bought the machined rim so that it would match the front rim which is used with a rim brake.

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