Do white brake pads...

Do white brake pads leave white marks?

Hi. Theory and practical results please.

no they leave black ones, just as white shoes leave black marks on basket ball courts.

NEXT

do you really want the theory behind it?
please say no as i can't be bothered with the explanation.

its because the dirt is dark right

Ah dirt - yeah.

...but aren't you supposed to rub black marks on hard floors with white rubber to get rid of them?

you can get them up with any thing you rub them with as long as its clean and a non-marking compound. we had to use our hands at school.

no it's got nothing to do with dirt.
to remove the rubber takes friction. this friction creates heat which burns the rubber as it's removed. the rubber becomes black when burned leaving black marks.
using another rubber object to remove the makes is ti do with less heat generated as it takes less effort to remove the mark than it does to make it.

actually the black shit you get on rims tends to be from the rim itself, i.e. metal.

amazing. Thanks guys.
So no reason to buy white brake pads for my white rims other than aesthetics.
next indeed.

Theres no reason to buy white rims other than asthetics!

Dogs do you still have those white break pads??? if so can i have them : )

You can buy a pir of Kool-Stop continental in white for £12 here.

Dogs do you still have those white break pads??? if so can i have them : )

I think i nabbed the ones you are after off of him a while ago, sorry :(

you bloody well should be bobob : )

White Nobrakes™ pads don't leave a mark at all.

Nah, I'm sure DB had another set, I vaguely remember him finding some in his bag back at the early Ship / West drinks.

got white skyway brake blocks on my white skyways on my bmx and they leave a white residue

Is it 'cos they is white?