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Brake pads. I’ve got those nice ceramic mavic 517s and they’d never had a brake on them before me (disc hubs). But I have found the ceramic pad selection for v brakes limiting. Firstly I tried the shimano ceramic v brake inserts. They were sooooo bad. I began to question whether the xtr v brakes were the issue. They just wouldn’t slow me down. They felt slippy as.
Then I just went back to regular pads which are basically too far the other way. They bite and shudder like hell, and up front I just can’t get rid of the squeal no matter what the toe in.
So I’ve forked out for the kool stop ceramic pads at £12.50 a pair. Took me months to overcome this idea. £25 on pads just seems ridiculous. Let’s see how they stop....
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