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wet weather pads

  • 13-08-2012 9:20am
    #1
    RobAMerc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,863 ✭✭✭


    Lads,

    I am fairly sure this has been asked lots of times before but a quick check got me nowhere.

    this morning I went for the brakes and got the fright of my life. Funny as I am used to commuting all year round, a bit of rain aint normally anything to concern me but for some reason they were shocking this morning ( maybe I just need to get the wet feel back it has been months :rolleyes: )

    Anyway - anyone got any advice on good wet weather pads for 700c wheels ?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I've been running these (the black ones)
    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=42658

    Very happy with them, still had stopping/slowing power even while riding through a river on the Tour de Kilkenny.


  • #3
    funkyjebus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,547 ✭✭✭funkyjebus


    RobAMerc wrote: »
    Lads,

    I am fairly sure this has been asked lots of times before but a quick check got me nowhere.

    this morning I went for the brakes and got the fright of my life. Funny as I am used to commuting all year round, a bit of rain aint normally anything to concern me but for some reason they were shocking this morning ( maybe I just need to get the wet feel back it has been months :rolleyes: )

    Anyway - anyone got any advice on good wet weather pads for 700c wheels ?

    Thanks

    Swiss stop green pads. Expensive for brake pads, but worth it.


  • #4
    MB Lacey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭MB Lacey


    RobAMerc wrote: »
    Anyway - anyone got any advice on good wet weather pads for 700c wheels ?
    Thanks

    I got some ypk brake pads from Harry's bikes for €12 a few weeks ago.
    I've found them super sharp, they worked fine this morning!
    I've 700c wheels too.


  • #5
    AstraMonti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭AstraMonti


    funkyjebus wrote: »
    Swiss stop green pads. Expensive for brake pads, but worth it.

    This. Koolstop salmon are also great in the wet.


  • #6
    ROK ON
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭ROK ON


    Swiss Stop green for me. Was on Kool Stop Salmon, but Swiss stop are far superior. Also they wear down very slowly relative to the Kool Stop.


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  • #7
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,460 ✭✭✭lennymc


    i had the swiss stop black, but have change dto the swiss stop green, cos the blacks wore out. The greens seem to brake better than the blacks, but I havent had em out in the wet yet. Either way, swiss stop pads are good.


  • #8
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    What about the KoolStop salmons?


  • #9
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    I've plugged them before and I will plug them again.
    http://www.discobrakes.com/?s=0&t=2&c=25&p=285&
    I have yet to have a scary 'Oh Shiete, I am not stopping' moment on these in the wet or the dry and we have had more wet days then dry ones!!!
    And believe me if they can stop me and help me maintain control in full flight going downhill then it's proof they work.
    I put them onto Rob Fowls cross bike last year and they are still there and still working.
    As soon as I get back from hols I will be ordering a set for winter.


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