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Are some Ritchey pads made by Kool Stop?
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:48:59 -0500, John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
Are some Ritchey pads made by Kool Stop? I believe so, but they're obviously not the same as KS. The red Ritchey pads I tried were really lousy. I don't know about the black ones. Matt O. |
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John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
Are some Ritchey pads made by Kool Stop? Yes. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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David L. Johnson wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:37:13 -0600, rs wrote: The main benefit of the salmon pads, as others have said, is that they do not trap crud in them which then eats your rims. that's not my experience: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38636024@N00/101935519/ those pads have been scrubbed and de-gritted, but you can see the points where embedding took place. They don't stop particularly well in the rain, that's my experience as well - alarmingly so in fact. i switched back to original black campy brake pads because of it. k.s. don't impress me. in fact, i think they're down right dangerous in the wet because they just don't grip. great in the dry, but that's not their advertised application. but for me the ones that do stop well in the rain do so since they are full of said crud and stop you by shaving off parts of the rim. Salmon pads also last a long time, much longer than stock Shimano or Campy. |
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jim beam wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38636024@N00/101935519/ those pads have been scrubbed and de-gritted, but you can see the points where embedding took place. Can't argue with that photo, that's what pads look like when you dig out grit. I've used black and grey for years and years, and had maybe one bit of grit that I remember stick in the pad. Perhaps you got a "stale" set that gripped the grit better as they were harder or something? Worst pad I've ridden is the Shimano compatible Bontrager cartridge road shoes. I couldn't ride more than a quarter mile in the city without getting embedded grit. Just amazingly horrible. Expensive too. An email to Bongtrader indicated that my complaint had been forwarded to the "engineers". As if. Curious, have you had more than this set get embedded? Lots of us swear by the KS pads because they seem virtually immune from embedding--sounds like a freak occurance. |
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Art Harris wrote: Kool Stop markets the Salmon colored as for use in wet weather, but Sheldon's site/Harris Cyclery like the Salmon pads for all use. Has anyone tried the silver/grey Continentals? I see them cheap on eBay. http://tinyurl.com/bs6hh I've had a set mounted up on some vintage 600 sidepulls for 18 months now. They brake perfectly, silently, and w/o picking up grit. I got them from the guy on Ebay--really fast shipping and honest service. Then ended up being $12 for front and rears, with shipping. Highly recommend them, I think they're just the same as the black, tbh. Next step is getting the ones shaped like the classic Vans sneakers. :-D |
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landotter wrote:
jim beam wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38636024@N00/101935519/ those pads have been scrubbed and de-gritted, but you can see the points where embedding took place. Can't argue with that photo, that's what pads look like when you dig out grit. I've used black and grey for years and years, and had maybe one bit of grit that I remember stick in the pad. Perhaps you got a "stale" set that gripped the grit better as they were harder or something? maybe, but that doesn't change the fact that these pads are scary-ineffective in the wet. Worst pad I've ridden is the Shimano compatible Bontrager cartridge road shoes. I couldn't ride more than a quarter mile in the city without getting embedded grit. Just amazingly horrible. Expensive too. An email to Bongtrader indicated that my complaint had been forwarded to the "engineers". As if. Curious, have you had more than this set get embedded? Lots of us swear by the KS pads because they seem virtually immune from embedding--sounds like a freak occurance. i've had a set on my della santa. that's got cd rims, and they squealed like pigs, to i took them off. then i tried them on my commuter/rain bike - with the results you see. the only other machine i've used them on is my fixie, but i don't ride that in the wet. none of my bikes embed grit in the dry, but then i don't use fixed-toe shimano calipers without retrofitting with adjustable toe pads. [fixed toe are /designed/ to trap grit - and i release a couple of times to let grit "float" out if i here scraping.] i set the adjustable shoes to zero toe. |
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