john schmidt

So what happened to using a set of winter wheels / rims (your "training

wheels"). When they wear out in a couple years, simply tape a new rim

beside, and transfer the spokes. Takes 1/2 hour. If you don't know how

to true a wheel take it to a shop at this point. You can always finds

cheaper and heavier rims for less than $20. Some rims have a thick

section on the rim specifically for brake wear with "wear" indicators.

Obviously you want to pick a rim that has the same erd. Use Spocalc

database for this by (Damon Rinard) on web... see sheldon brown.



Also get the brake pads that "clean" the rim first before full pad

engagement. Ie the have a little scraper out front. Koolstop has them.





Much cheaper and easier than disc brakes.







Long, Steve wrote:

 Here are the results of my question about ceramic rims.



Some feel that you don't get much better stopping power no matter what

color of Coolstop brake pads you use.

Others feel that any color, other than than the green, yeild better

stopping performance but the other colors wear out faster.

Some have only used Shimano D/A black and have been satisfied with that

pad.

There was a recommendation to toss the rain bike for a cross bike type

commuter with disk brakes. However, that's a bigger investment, yet my

life might somehow be worth $1,500 bucks. :)



Thanks all for the input.



Steve