No brake surface???

after a near accident lastnight, i now believe it is time for a front brake, however my wheels have no braking surface...

so what should i do? just attach the brake and let the pads do the work, or stip the paint? there is a ridge on the rim for a brake, except there is paint there, and they are weinman deep V's,

thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Seth Danner on February 22, 2010 at 5:27pm
The paint will wear off real quick if you start using your brake more consistantly. If you don't change your riding style and continue to run brakeless than at least it will be there for those emergecy stops, even with paint
Permalink Reply by mark lapham on February 23, 2010 at 12:41am
buy a new wheel
Permalink Reply by Tyler Shannon on February 23, 2010 at 11:19pm
Ha yeah, buy a new wheel and give your old one to me
Permalink Reply by mark lapham on February 24, 2010 at 12:50am
aawww i totaly would sell it too you real cheapnt have breaking surface either...
Permalink Reply by mark lapham on February 28, 2010 at 2:54pm
i know cuz people with fixies never have mixed mached wheels hahaha
Permalink Reply by mark lapham on March 2, 2010 at 2:34am
man every time i leave a comment back to some ones rude one they either delete their profile or their comment lo wtf guys,,youve got the nerve to say some stupid shit to me when i trying to be nice then i say somthing back and you get scared and break?? its only a computer McFly i cant beat you up through it....when i say somthing stupid to somebody and they call me on it i say" hhmmm,,you got me,i was wrong" its that easy

peace
Permalink Reply by joe r on April 30, 2010 at 8:42pm
amen sir!
Permalink Reply by MothmanH on March 2, 2010 at 3:36am
i did nothing, the brake works awesomely but is loud as hell! :)
Permalink Reply by mark lapham on March 3, 2010 at 1:38am
thats awsome man problem solved :)

love,peace,and seald bearing greece
Permalink Reply by Avan Curran on April 30, 2010 at 7:43pm
Yeah, I have a brake on my bike. I don't think I've ever used it, but I've had a few close calls with cars pulling out in front of me. You can ALWAYS stop faster. Even if you can stop fast. You can stop faster if you add a brake. Dope.
Permalink Reply by joe r on April 30, 2010 at 8:49pm
put the brakes on, when they rubbed abit of paint so you can se where they brake in a line(should mark the paint), get some realy fine grade sand paper and rap around something small, i used the end of a pencil,so the sand paper stays like 1cm wide or less, spun the wheel and wor the paint off in a line where the brake hits then sanded the pads a slite bit(bmxer thing) to get the paint off and get them grippy again

didt want some horrible back rim with flakey paint n black marks all over it, so i tried it, worked for me :)

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