I've used both, and I can't tell the difference in braking effectiveness,
though perhaps machined tracks means slightly smoother braking, since you
don't have those protruding rim joints -- "thump-thump-thump" -- that
appear, say, on some of my Sun rims. But I'd trade smoothness for a bit
more rim wall thickness.
I was riding the 1999 Joe Starck yestiddy, which has a single, front,
single-pivot Dia Comp Royal Grand Comp caliper with the statutory salmon
pads, pads probably as old as the bike. The brake, activated by 74xx-series
Dura Ace levers, is very powerful, modulates very well, and has a nice
("nice") feel. It also maximizes clearance for a front fender, if fenders
were things I'd put on this bike. The Tektro 559 or whatever that I used on
another Riv were palid and consumptive by comparison and crowded the
fenders.
Point (yes! there is a point!) The quality of your brake is far more
important that the machining of your brake track.
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 2:09 PM Michael Williams <mkernanwilli...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I also had a question regarding machined vs non-machined braking
> surfaces. Do people ride both on the list? Do they stop/ feel the same?
> Any pros/ cons of one vs. the other? I’ve only ridden machined so I don’t
> know any different. They stop great, crisp. Non- machined seems to be a
> little less expensive?. Thanks. -Mike
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