Brake blocks

cframe
cframe Posts: 171
edited July 2009 in Road buying advice
I'm looking for some advice on decent brake blocks for a set of alloy clinchers, no cork pads for me yet!

I've tried Kool stop salmon and black pads and found the salmon ones got chewed up over winter in no time at all and the black ones seemed to lose their 'bite' pretty quick as well.

Are there any other brands/compounds of pads worth taking a look at? When I got the Kool stop's they were getting pretty good writeups at the time, I think.

Cheers,
c.
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,717
    Salmons. Yes, they wear out relatively quickly, but the performance, especially in the wet, is worth it.
  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    DotBike sells the Salmon/Black compound so you get best of both worlds.
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  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    It's rather like tyres. Hardwearing ones are good but are uncomfortable. Softer are less harsh/abrasive but wear quicker
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  • James_London
    James_London Posts: 530
    Try SwissStop next time you change pads. Greens (GHP) are good in wet conditions and last pretty well IME.
  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    James_London wrote:
    Try SwissStop next time you change pads. Greens (GHP) are good in wet conditions and last pretty well IME.

    +1

    And they don't eat your rims..
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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    They are also quite expensive for what I have seen.

    Do the Kookstop eat your rims then? :(
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  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    gabriel959 wrote:
    They are also quite expensive for what I have seen.

    Do the Kookstop eat your rims then? :(

    only about £20 for 4 blocks, not but my old blocks attracted bits of road grip and said grit did start to grind away my rims v quick.
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  • pabloweaver
    pabloweaver Posts: 444
    blu3cat wrote:
    James_London wrote:
    Try SwissStop next time you change pads. Greens (GHP) are good in wet conditions and last pretty well IME.

    +1

    And they don't eat your rims..

    +1 again ...or is that +2 ..I'm never really sure !

    anyway ...great blocks and not expensive , as previous posts have said the price is for 4
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  • paul_or
    paul_or Posts: 156
    I asked this question a while ago and was frecommended koolstop or swiss stops. I went for ks blacks, and so far they seem good in 105 brakes. Haven't tried them in the wet yet tho'.
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  • careful
    careful Posts: 720
    Just switched from the cheap Fibrax ones (Shimano pattern) to Swiss Stop green on my hack bike which has long reach brakes which never work as well as the short reach. There is a huge improvement.
  • cframe
    cframe Posts: 171
    Cheers guys, I'll maybe give the swisstop greens a go sometime soon.

    Has anyone else ever noticed with the coolstop pads that they spread gunk (brake dust I guess) all over the frame in the wet? It won't help matters much that I've got a mostly white bike but the amount of black stuff coming off them is incredible!
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