Fibrax Pads Shimano Road Replacement Pads

Advantages: Excellent performance in wet/muddy conditions, rim friendly, good wear rates
Disadvantages: Pricier than the competition

...Kool Stops patented plough tip. On the leading edge of the pad (i.e. the part that contacts the rim first), the pad has a raised edge. Its job is to act like a squeegee, cleaning muck of rim surface, allowing the brake pad behind to grip onto a clean rim. This feature also helps reduce rim wear by cleaning off grit and other abrasive particles. To further improve wet weather performance the pad has 2 triangular cutaway sections which work in a similar fashion to the grooves in tyre tread which force water to the outside of the tyre allowing the rubber to grip the road surface. How do they Perform? In the dry, you won't notice much difference between a Kool Stop pad and a good quality pad of another manufacturer. I certainly can't. However where you will notice the difference is in the wet. Their performance is excellent... Read review

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Advantages: They Stop The Bike
Disadvantages: Not Disk Breaks

...is how long they last and I have found that after approximatley 300 miles of commuting you really do need to tighten up your brakes, if you are uncertain about doing this then go to a specialist shop to have them do it for you. Most shops will not charge for this, and I'd also recomend that you get this done more often than I do. My current set of pads have done anout 1,500 miles mainly commuting and are now at the stage where they need replacing. This can be visually checked by checking the groves on the pad and if you can't see them then they are well overdue for replacing. If you are a cheapskate like me then what you do at this stage is get some coarse samdpaper and roughen the surface of the brakes and you can get a good bit more mileage out of them. I would not recomend this at all. Shimano are one of the best names in braking... Read review

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Advantages: Good breaking power
Disadvantages: nothing

...I recently bought a set of replacement pads for my AVID Juicy 3 brakes. These came in at £15 for a pair for the front. They seem to vary in price by a few pounds, thi was from a well known online MTB shop in the lakes. Being a disc brake novice I didn't have a clue how to fit them so rather than break them or waste time finding out I got a mate to do it for me. Other than the actual fitting the one thing I did do was to lightly rub down the pads before fitting them. I was told this is a good idea as it reduces the chances of the pads glazing over and gives you better breaking power earlier on, guess this is like I used to do with my standard V-Brake pads. I think that is roughly 1000 miles of use on my old pads. I tend to change them early as I did with V-brakes, not sure that is necessary with discs though (not at this price... Read review

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