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Thanks for that. Which pads do you use with the Record skeletons? With the Potenza calipers, there is a little grub screw on the back of the brake shoe, which secures the pad when you've slid it in from the front. The Record shoe looks different - no grub screw and no obvious way of sliding the pad in - I understand they are a friction fit or something like that? Cheers, Jon
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a little grub screw on the back of the brake shoe
That's just there to secure the pad, so that in the unlikely event that you're be rolling backwards at speed and apply the brakes, they don't get pulled out...
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Potenza calipers (and now Centaur too) use Shimano compatible brake pads rather than Campagnolo ones (finally!), so any Shimano-compatible brake pads will work in those calipers. The brake pads that come with Potenza are definitely very good, but I haven't had experience with the Record ones to compare them to. In any case, I don't think you'd get an improvement in braking performance by switching calipers.
As Scily.Suffolk has pointed out, Kool Stop Salmons and Swissstop BXP pads are popular choices for good brake pads.
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I use Swissstop Race Pro pads, they're as mentioned above Campagnolo compatible.
as awkward as possible.
Thats what they're doing. ;)
Scilly.Suffolk
raisinberry777
Pawlus
I don't think there will be a huge difference in braking performance between these two calipers. I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't any. If you're looking for an improvement you should invest in a good brake pads. Swissstop Salmon are supposed to be really good. On the other hand you could also take a look at Shimano calipers - they're also supposed to be better. I don't know. I use Campy Record skeletons with Swissstop pads and they're all I need.