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I've heard good things about the Lifeline pads
https://www.wiggle.com/p/lifeline-performance-carbon-road-brake-inserts-pack-of-4@dubtap you still use them?
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Yeah they are dirt cheap, will stop you (I'm like 100kg and some change) and wear out quickly which I'd rather have than replace rims. These Light Bicycle clinchers are now into their 8th summer of cycling and still not dangerous.
Lifeline brakes pads are allegedly all Ashima and basic Ashima carbon pads all have the same oblique segments as Lifeline so seems to stack up.
dubtap
Carbon rim brake question. I'm using some Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon SL USTs as my summer wheels, thing is the yellow Swisstop Mavic pads that you're supposed to use with them are dogshit. They've basically disintegrated after 400k of Essex riding (I'm not hooning it down mountainsides).
I've got a set of Black Princes spare that I'm considering using instead, but wondered whether anyone else has experience of using non-proprietary pads on carbon rims. Mavic says it'll wear the rim out faster and void the warranty. I'm not really concerned about the warranty, I bought them second-hand off a forumer so don't have one and I tend to lean more towards pads that'll stop me.
Just want a second opinion on whether it's safe, really...