Brake Pads

[mjr]

Swissstop or Koolstop for me. I fitted a pair of Clarks blocks a while ago; took them off very quickly. They sounded like they were grinding the rim away.

Clarks regular are awful like that. Elite are OK but far from elite: not as good as BBB or Raleigh. About like basic Shimano.

 

[Illaveago]

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!!!!!)

That was the thing! I couldn't wait to open the box and play with the cars. The box was unimportant then.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

X-ees

Bobby Washables.

 

[cyberknight]

Clarks regular are awful like that. Elite are OK but far from elite: not as good as BBB or Raleigh. About like basic Shimano.

i have to agree that the basic clark stuff is pants on disc brakes at least , replaced with shimano pads and it has me realize how bad the braking was on my cable discs and they are now ok .The elite caliper pads i have used for a while and they are ok .

 

[cool_hand]

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

Find the extra money and get a set of Swisstop blue.

 

[Tom B]

Find the extra money and get a set of Swisstop blue.

A bit like tyres, even as a tightwad I don't skimp on brakes.

My Mrs V brakes are Swisstop