Rim Brake Pads Questions -Tutorial?

[fossyant]

Thanks to all who responded - i'm a lot clearer now and i have managed to find some pad/holder sets that appear to be suitable. In fact, i bought these swissstops from halfords on special offer. Still quite a lot of dough for two sets, so i hope there's an improvement :-)

If it's them in the photo, they are 55m road pads !!

You need:-

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/brake-pads/mtb-v-brake-pads

All the above - they are 72mm

 

[Ajax Bay]

Beat me to it, Fossy. OP - the ones you linked to will not fit. The plus side is that you can take them back and the MTB ones will be cheaper. Having said that, Halfords range looks fairly poor - of that lot maybe the Acor ones are best.

 

[autolycus]

Damn - this is kind of what i was trying to avoid and i'm rather back to square one. Pad and holder sets in koolstop and swissstop are actually not too easy to find. And when i do they are either out of stock (like on the CRC link) or the size is not given, nor whether they are for road or mtb use. This is quite a task!

Edit - I found these and these. If some knowledgeable person would kindly confirm they are suitable (and if one is preferable to the other) i'll track down a tame supplier and get them ordered. Thanks.

 

[threefingerjoe]

IMO ANY of those will work for you. I have V brakes on all of my bikes, and I've used many different pads and they all worked. I like the Kool Stops Mountain pads which work just fine on my 700C rims, even though they say "Mountain Bike". I like that "plough" feature, which wipes the water from the rim, but that's just my preference. Don't overthink this. Just be sure you get the pads with the studs like you have, and fit them properly.

 

[autolycus]

Thanks threefingerjoe - i thought this thread was starting to follow the forum law of thermodynamics! I think the original V-type has the 'plough' feature to which you refer and which provides an automatic toe-in when installing. I've found some for £14 a set at spa cycles so i think i'll order some.