Sense check on brake pad purchase

[Brandane]

Well done dotbike! Mine arrived in todays post and I have just fitted them.

Now if the wind and rain would just go away for a while, I might get a chance to find out if they are a worthwhile upgrade...........

 

[BSRU]

A shining example of CC helping people, helped me, I also bought a set plus black pads from DotBike, my Secteur is reserved just waiting for my C2W voucher to show up, some time this year.

 

[Tynan]

my fratello came with cartridge brakes, fine and sexy looking but wore out too quick

LBS suggested one piece Ultegra and they've been great, you can only lock the wheels

 

[John the Monkey]

my fratello came with cartridge brakes, fine and sexy looking but wore out too quick

I like 'em - position them once, and that's it, just slide worn cartridges out, and new ones in. I'll take a little less longevity for that... Have to say, I do like the Shimano compound too (the wet/dry one they do) although it seems less kind to rims than the Koolstop or fibrax.

 

[Brandane]

Well done dotbike! Mine arrived in todays post and I have just fitted them.

Now if the wind and rain would just go away for a while, I might get a chance to find out if they are a worthwhile upgrade...........

Finally got a chance to get the Secteur out in the dry today. A very pleasant 30 miler from Kilwinning up the back roads to Glasgow. Then I let the train do the hard work into the wind . The KoolStops are definitely a big improvement over the originals when it comes to stopping power, and sound much more rim friendly too.

Not such a huge difference as was the case with the Tricross. The standard pads on that were truly useless!

 

[PaulSecteur]

Not such a huge difference as was the case with the Tricross.

When I picked up my second hand tricross the brakes were really poor, mainly due to the rims being worn away. A change of rims and "borrowing" the brake blocks from my bros commuter improved things alot.

I have just put some kool stop tectonics on, not yet bedded in, but still an improvement.