Changing brake pad

chrisstothard
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Hallow!! First post, so go easy....
Just bought my first road bike after a number of years mountain biking, went for a Specialized Secteur Sport and i'm currently piling the miles on and loving it.
I'm sure this is the worlds simplest question but i just want to try and get a definitive answer:
The brakes are simply listed as:
Front Brake: Light dual pivot brake, Teflon pivots, forged alloy, w/ standard pads
Rear Brake: Light dual pivot brake, Teflon pivots, forged alloy, w/ standard pads
So how do i go about changing these pads? And also, are there any particularly good pads I should use to replace these standard ones?
Thanks!!
Chris
Just bought my first road bike after a number of years mountain biking, went for a Specialized Secteur Sport and i'm currently piling the miles on and loving it.
I'm sure this is the worlds simplest question but i just want to try and get a definitive answer:
The brakes are simply listed as:
Front Brake: Light dual pivot brake, Teflon pivots, forged alloy, w/ standard pads
Rear Brake: Light dual pivot brake, Teflon pivots, forged alloy, w/ standard pads
So how do i go about changing these pads? And also, are there any particularly good pads I should use to replace these standard ones?
Thanks!!
Chris
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Welcome to the forum!
I've always used BBB pads for my road bikes - triple compound for the winter and black for summer. I'm guessing they're a Shimano-type fitting. No big problem if they aren't! I suggest you take the pads to your LBS and match them up - you may well need a very tiny Allen key to undo the retaining screw in the shoe.
BBB and others make replacement shoes and pads as well, so you could always change the lot if you can't actually match the pad properly.
I've been delighted with the quality of the BBB anodising - mine have taken several years of winter pooh being thrown at them and they still come up as good as new.0 -
Thanks for the welcome! No doubt i'll be on here all the time asking stupid simple questions about the my skinny wheeler!
To me it seemed weird that when i looked at the brake pads it did seem like i'm guna have to replace the whole big thing as it all seemed to be one solid unit.
(Its the standard brakes on the Specialized Secteur Sport)
So when it comes to changing them i think i'll just hop down to the lbs and get them to set me right.
Thanks!!0