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"Equinox" - they came with my PX wheels and it said "warning only use these pads with these rims yadda yadda blah blah" Well I have and was a bit disconcerted at first when the matt black "braking surface" started to wear through but i read up on the tinterweb and apparently this is fairly normal. One forum said this chap has run their 50mm's for cyclocross for 2 seasons and they've been fine.
The noise however is supposed to be solved by toe-ing in the pads, which i did, and it kind of worked. Oddly enough after getting the bike piss wet through last week round regents I actually noticed the brakes were better. Maybe the grit and all the shit wore the surface in or something daft?
Anyhow, they were fine for the first 20 miles yesterday but then started to squeel again. I think it's heat related.