What brake pads do you use? If any

my wheel, even if squeezed hard has to go around once or twice to be cleared of the mug enough to give me some deceleration, nowhere near decent dry stopping power ... nowhere near whot my swissstops green felt like on my mtb.

That sounds normal to me. And I'm guessing your mtb was using v-brakes rather than dual pivots?

I was somewhat shocked this morning to find that pulling on my brake had absolutely zero effect. Especially as I fitted new pads last week. Perhaps I am missing a trick when it comes to fitting pads. It was hairy to say the least!

I'm using fibrax V-brake pads, at the moment, and find them to be a bit rubbish.

Firstly, the cartridge style set-up sounds great (less waste). But having had a pad fall out, I'm less than impressed.

Secondly, the stopping power is really poor, I cant even lock the rear wheel, half the time.

Anyone know of a decent v-brake pad for wet weather use?

koolstops (105s) are a great improvement on the original shimano blocks, but still very slidey in the heavy rain. i guess there's no perfect solution but i think my next commuter bike is having discs.

The perfect solution is to ride more slowly, squeegee your rims regularly, and modulate braking appropriately.

+1 to koolstops (dual compound).

Yes Kool Stops are what I have on. They were useless yesterday though even at 10 mph

The perfect solution is to ride more slowly, squeegee your rims regularly, and modulate braking appropriately.

+1 to koolstops (dual compound).

I find, if you have a good angle on the pads, you can clean the rims with the first part of the pad, and then engage the rest to stop/slow. The fibrax pads seem not to grip very well regardless though.

I shall investigate Koolstop.

Mike

I found a little adjustment of the pads made a huge difference yesterday - though yet to be used in the rain again.

I hate aligning brake pads, its one of those tasks where i feel i'd be better off having a third hand.

i tried to get koolstops from evans on the cut today. they had zipps.
i'm scared. on the front of the package it says "engineered for wheelset longevity, rider safety and ulitmate stopping performance under all conditions" (sic).

if they can't spell, do i trust them on brakes?

Ulitmately, it's your decision.

motherfucking disc brakes for the glory.

and when you first apply them they make a sound like the loudest horn ever.
hell yeah.

motherfucking disc brakes for the glory.

+1

i have the standard ultegra cartridge pads that came with the bike. they are coming to the end of thier life, does anyone know if the koolstops will fit into the the same ultegra pad holder?

That sounds normal to me. And I'm guessing your mtb was using v-brakes rather than dual pivots?

well sure and i know to distinguish between v-brake claw grippy power and dual pivot feeling. what i was referring to, is the delay before grip, which was second to none vs. very irritating.
but after running them new salmon rubers in on my dp18 rims, having a clean machined braking surface and with purpose build wet weather pads, i feel the truth being that this is as good as it gets.

... at least until rigida's carbide treated 700c rims *mumbles not that something like it exists, tho i wish it would ...

i have the standard ultegra cartridge pads that came with the bike. they are coming to the end of thier life, does anyone know if the koolstops will fit into the the same ultegra pad holder?

the ultegra, if a cartridge system, use the 'shimano system' for pads (almost the same as the campi but with a tiny fix screw), so ja, i'd say, go grab the shimano type pads and it'll fit. if you have to replace the the whole pad inclusive the fixing at the brake arm, you might want to go get yourself cartridges cheap first, to hold your desired pads.

just ordered some of these in red as the others were out of stock.

anyone know what the diff between red and black is?

Are you lot scrubbing the rims clear of water before applying brakes properly?

When you know you need to stop, you lightly squeeze brakes to remove surface water from rims and then brake normally. Obviously not an emergency method but for normal use it's much nicer than jamming on brakes and panicking that they're not working.

Clean your rims regularly too.

disc brakes!

they squeak like fuck, but the work

just ordered some of these in red as the others were out of stock.

anyone know what the diff between red and black is?

the colour!

^ no seriously, a good way to find out if there is a difference in softness is to bite in them for comparison. but u only got the red, right? me skateboard mates used to tooth_feel the wheels to check the hardness. but for those fibreax, i'd bet there's no diff really, as the brand site doesn't mention special compounds for certain conditions.

i am semi ok with the salmon pads, so i will change to green swissstooop - soon by the looks of it :S

I've been running on these all winter and now into the spring.

Can't fault them in the dry and they hold their own in the wet.
Great value £3.14

http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=A0064

High quality budget brake pad set. These brake pads feature a single unified moulding and come complete with all mounting hardware.

• 1 pair rubber brake blocks with moulded wheel guides.
  
• Chrome fixing bolts.
  
• Weight 48g per pair including all fittings.
  

Non, brake pads wear out your rim.

Swiss Stop greens. Work great in all weather and don't leave black crud on your rim.

i think im using some swisstop pads in fibrax holders. wearing out fast

leave black crud on your rim.

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