Campag carbon brake blocks HELP!

on-yer-bike
on-yer-bike Posts: 2,974
edited July 2010 in Road buying advice
Just done the Marmotte and fitted new Campag blocks for Boras. descending was a nightmare because it was very difficult to slow down. I noticed that the compound is different from the old ones that I removed which worked much better the old ones also had a very strong smell. Has the compound been changed? Is there a known problem with these blocks?
Pegoretti
Colnago
Cervelo
Campagnolo

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  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    Congrats on the Marmotte - I hope to be there next year.

    When I bought my Bora's I fitted the SwissStops straight away. The breaking is fine, albeit a little noisy. They leave a yellow deposit on the rim which I clean off.

    However, I was pretty much told in the shop that the campag blocks were crap, a bugger to fit and not that good at stopping you. I've since been told that they are exactly the same. I know lightweight and swissstop are the same, but don't know if the same is true for campag.
  • wildmoustache
    wildmoustache Posts: 4,010
    Campag carbon specific brake blocks are good IMO (with carbon rims of course)

    why not buy some swisstop, zipp etc. and compare if you don't like them?
  • blackrockracer
    blackrockracer Posts: 86
    Swiss stop. best pads i have used yet.
  • on-yer-bike
    on-yer-bike Posts: 2,974
    Ive been told by the dealer that the compound has been changed and there is now one carbon Campag block for all campag carbon rims. These are what I was using but my first ones must have been the old Bora specific compound which were fine.

    I have bought some Mavic Swiss Stop Yellow pads to try.
    Pegoretti
    Colnago
    Cervelo
    Campagnolo

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