[ragnar]

So i clipped a kerb tonight and went flying incurring the usual road rash and damage to my pride.

However, the front wheel rubbed the kerb resulting in several raised edges to the alloy rim that now catch the brakes (fortunately, only under braking)

What’s the best way of removing these? Is it simply a case of filing the edges down or something more drastic? 

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[ragnar]

Cheers, thanks for the

Cheers, thanks for the responses; off to the garage with the wet n’ dry

[madcarew]

Some 400 grit wet and dry.

Some 400 grit wet and dry. Take off the tyre and with a small block of wood or similar carefully sand away the high edges. No harm done.

[StraelGuy]

If the bits catching the

If the bits catching the brakes are literally just burrs then lightly filing them off won’t do any harm. I punctured my Aksiums on my winter bike last winter slamming a pothole and it left a slightly raised mark on each side of the rim causing pulsing under braking. I lightly filed off each raised area (not taking off more than maybe 15 thou) and they’ve been fine ever since.

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