# braking on non-machined rims...
**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/braking-on-non-machined-rims/11493
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [December 12, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/braking-on-non-machined-rims/11493 "2008-12-12T16:56:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@colin1](https://tarck.cc/u/colin1)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/braking-on-non-machined-rims/11493/1 "2008-12-12T16:56:35Z")
I just set my girlfriend up with a front rim that is not machined that she is braking on. Is she dead?
I’ve heard word of mouth stories about rims cracking from dooing this, but I have no idea how long it took, or how true those stories are.
I’ve also heard its a myth and you don’t need to machine it, it just looks better and will probably brake better to some degree.
THOUGHTS?
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Gnarlock](https://tarck.cc/u/Captain_Gnarlock)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/braking-on-non-machined-rims/11493/2 "2008-12-12T16:59:49Z")
headslap
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### Author:  [@edw](https://tarck.cc/u/edw)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/braking-on-non-machined-rims/11493/3 "2008-12-12T17:03:15Z")
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=101
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### Author:  [@Circa85](https://tarck.cc/u/Circa85)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/braking-on-non-machined-rims/11493/4 "2008-12-12T17:03:46Z")
Well, you better start looking for a new girlfriend, that rims going to explode and she’s going to die…
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### Author:  [@Petr5](https://tarck.cc/u/Petr5)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/braking-on-non-machined-rims/11493/5 "2008-12-12T17:04:40Z")
I think general consensus will be that it’s fine with a bit of dissent that it will look like shit, slightly less stopping power, a reason to machine rims is to make the braking surface perfectly level, etc.
Just do it.
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### Author:  [@colin1](https://tarck.cc/u/colin1)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/braking-on-non-machined-rims/11493/6 "2008-12-12T17:11:54Z")
done then.
that was way cheaper than buying two separate rims.
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### Author:  [@balonya](https://tarck.cc/u/balonya)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/braking-on-non-machined-rims/11493/7 "2008-12-12T18:50:49Z")
You will still need two separate rims. unless you know a trick that the rest of us do not. This is why it is called a bicycle. bi = two. In this case you cant use just one. …
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### Author:  [@Elderbear](https://tarck.cc/u/Elderbear)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/braking-on-non-machined-rims/11493/8 "2008-12-12T18:56:23Z")
Braking on non-machined rims is where it’s at. It makes the rims look supertough, too, which is cool I think.
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### Author:  [@everythinghuskie](https://tarck.cc/u/everythinghuskie)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/braking-on-non-machined-rims/11493/9 "2008-12-12T19:09:21Z")
people have braked on non surfaced rims for along time with no problem.
that aside i think it is stupid and i hate it
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### Author:  [@Elderbear](https://tarck.cc/u/Elderbear)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/braking-on-non-machined-rims/11493/10 "2008-12-12T19:10:45Z")
Yeah, I love my padded rims. Wouldn’t EVER ride anything else.
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### Author:  [@everythinghuskie](https://tarck.cc/u/everythinghuskie)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/braking-on-non-machined-rims/11493/11 "2008-12-12T19:12:05Z")
haha shut up