Buying brake pads in bulk.

gethmetal
gethmetal Posts: 208
edited July 2010 in Road buying advice
Are any forum members aware of any online shops selling brake pads in bulk?

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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Best place is usually your lbs, they're much more amenable to larger orders of random things, you should be able to get a decent discount if buying a lot. Aim for trade +10% and VAT.
    Neeermad
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  • gethmetal
    gethmetal Posts: 208
    Amenable is not a word I'd apply to my LBS mate... I've been let down too many times, and they're not even that local.
  • rjsmith
    rjsmith Posts: 1,924
    I bought 10 packs of Shimano Dura Ace pads very cheaply on ebay a year or so ago. Keeping me going for along time. They were silly cheap.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    There's an ebay seller - BikeFridge - cheap'n'cheerful - don't last too long though.

    I expect the bulk DuraAce ones on ebay were knock-offs too
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    i suspected they could be fake too.
  • gethmetal
    gethmetal Posts: 208
    Hmmmm, a veritable minefield.

    I have Veloce callipers, what pads/deals do you folks recommend?
  • PeterBL
    PeterBL Posts: 209
    Monty Dog wrote:
    There's an ebay seller - BikeFridge - cheap'n'cheerful - don't last too long though.

    I expect the bulk DuraAce ones on ebay were knock-offs too

    So you tried them and value them okay for the money? Other comments seem to be very favourable on these OBE pads: http://www.cyclechat.net/topic/54185-obe-brake-pads/ And the price is around 1/4th of KoolStop.

    But am I correct in assuming that you don't rate the performance of these pads as highly as quality pads like Swissstop or KoolStop? Or the new 6700/7900 pads?
  • gethmetal
    gethmetal Posts: 208
    Thanks for your help folks, much appreciated. I'm currently trawling through the myriad options on the OBE/Disco Brakes site. It all looks remarkably good value.

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