Mavic ceramic rim coating

[ishaw]

Shoukd I worry about the ceramic coating on a set of mavic crossmax rims having worn through? Appreciate it may impact braking a bit, but would I be right in assuming the rim under it is just a normal rim, designed for braking anyway?

It's not got to the point where I'd consider taking the ceramic coating off, but would that be an option further down the line?

 

[zetecmk2]

should be fine, ceramic is applied on normal depth rims so now you are back to new rims.

 

[mattr]

Only issue is pad material. The ceramic compatible pads will eat the bare aluminium.
Maybe switch to standard pads and accept that they'll not last as long.

Better than mangling a rim

 

[Augustus]

Re:

I always found ceramic compound pads although longer lasting, not as good as normal alu pads on ceramic crossmax rims.

the coating lasted forever on normal pads. The ceramic pads did eat through it a bit.

 

[WD Pro]

Kool stop salmons on my ceramics are doing quite well and wouldn't harm the ally.

I get salmon brake dust after a +40mph decent so they are wearing, but there not expensive either ...

Great braking in the dry, a bit compromised in the wet (first application / sweep) but still OK - bear in mind I normally ride a road bike with carbon rims as a comparison though ...

Biggest concern I would have is broken ceramic getting in the pad and it killing the exposed ally real quick ...

WD