Brake Pads

[ISHY 1234]

How durable are 'Clarks CPS301 Elite bike V-brake pads'

 

[si_c]

Pretty decent, I used them on my MTB for a while before I upgraded to disc brakes. They are dual compound so brake in the wet reasonably well and they last a decent amount of time, comparable to the Shimano pads I'd had before.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

When I saw brake pads and Clarks

my first thought was a kid on his bike wearing out his shows by using them as brakes on the tarmac

go on - we all did it!!!

 

[raleighnut]

When I saw brake pads and Clarks

my first thought was a kid on his bike wearing out his shows by using them as brakes on the tarmac

go on - we all did it!!!

Especially with Clarks shoes, the quicker we trashed 'sensible' shoes the better

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Especially with Clarks shoes, the quicker we trashed 'sensible' shoes the better

That was always the funny thing about me (OK OK - one of the funny things)
I was never bothered
They looked like shoes and kept my feet warm and dry (ish) and kept them off the floor- so that was all I needed to know

I was perfectly happy with no-name trainers and X-ees - i.e. jeans which were not from Wrangler or Levi so had a big X stitched on the back pockets rather than a W or whatever

They worked - I never saw the problem

My friend had to be given money to buy his non-school clothes quite young (12/13) because he was always complaining that his parents bought the wrong things
so he bought his own clothes - which also taught him budgeting I suppose
(He was also the one that kept all his toy cars in their boxes and never got them scratched - unlike the other 2 of us who had massive crashes sometimes involving upstairs windows!!!
They were probably worth a lot some years later - but he didn;t have the crashes so what was the point!!!!!)

 

[fossyant]

I've got the Decathlon version of same pads with the 'carbon effect shoe'. Standard Canti/V Brake length shoe, so replacement pads are easy to find. The triple compound do last longer than the standard black or salmon ones, but I can't comment on rim wear yet. Put the triple compound on my commuter, the CX bike is running Clarks salmon pads.

 

[raleighnut]

That was always the funny thing about me (OK OK - one of the funny things)
I was never bothered
They looked like shoes and kept my feet warm and dry (ish) and kept them off the floor- so that was all I needed to know

I was perfectly happy with no-name trainers and X-ees - i.e. jeans which were not from Wrangler or Levi so had a big X stitched on the back pockets rather than a W or whatever

They worked - I never saw the problem

My friend had to be given money to buy his non-school clothes quite young (12/13) because he was always complaining that his parents bought the wrong things
so he bought his own clothes - which also taught him budgeting I suppose
(He was also the one that kept all his toy cars in their boxes and never got them scratched - unlike the other 2 of us who had massive crashes sometimes involving upstairs windows!!!
They were probably worth a lot some years later - but he didn;t have the crashes so what was the point!!!!!)

I bought my own clothes from the age of 11 but I had a job, cycle deliveries for the Co-op then Saturday lad at a garage where I also worked in the holidays.
Preferred jeans back then were 'Brutus' followed by 'Easy and 'Lee Cooper' once I got into skinny jeans.