Campagnolo pads and shoes

ugo.santalucia
ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,337
edited September 2012 in Road buying advice
Anyone know where I can buy campagnolo brake pads including the alloy cartridge? I am happy even with a high end surrogate, like swiss stop. They all seem to sell the rubber pads only, but I need a set of shoes
Don't want the low end ones with the screw embedded in the rubber

Thanks
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,337
    Nobody? I thought it was a straightforward problem...
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    As a matter of interest, why don't you want the screw fixing?

    I'm changing over to the screw fix design because you can actually get the pads out with the cartridge in situ to clean the pads without messing up the settings. To me the Campag design is a rare disaster area! There isn't actually anything low end in quality on these shoes either as far as I can see - just design benefits!

    These look similar to the standard Campag - http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... rivbrbl315
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    some campag compatible one here
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,337
    Rolf F wrote:
    As a matter of interest, why don't you want the screw fixing?

    I'm changing over to the screw fix design because you can actually get the pads out with the cartridge in situ to clean the pads without messing up the settings. To me the Campag design is a rare disaster area! There isn't actually anything low end in quality on these shoes either as far as I can see - just design benefits!

    These look similar to the standard Campag - http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... rivbrbl315

    They are aimed to replace my super record 1980s pads... I am building a set of Wolber profil rims, which have an incredibly narrow braking strip, tehrefore I want to replace the chunky SR pads with modern slim ones, to avoid anomalous wear... it seems to me the "bottom end" ones are chunkier than the cartridge ones... am I wrong? Also, I need good rubber, very soft one, as those rims are not machined
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,337
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    some campag compatible one here

    I suppose at that price I could buy them for the cartridge and if the rubber is crap I could get some better inserts... as per post above I need some seriously good rubber
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  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,860
    Stupid innit - my veloce ones needed changing and a new set of moulded pads and shoes was as much as a new set of complete calipers, and the shoes come without the bolts! Youre always going on about availability of spares for factory wheels, but some brakes are just the same...
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,337
    FleshTuxedo wrote:
    Stupid innit - my veloce ones needed changing and a new set of moulded pads and shoes was as much as a new set of complete calipers, and the shoes come without the bolts! Youre always going on about availability of spares for factory wheels, but some brakes are just the same...

    Sad but true... a pair of Veloce in silver are around 30 pounds... which turns out to be give or take the price of only two swiss stop pads... annoying as it is, I might end up going that route
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    They are aimed to replace my super record 1980s pads... I am building a set of Wolber profil rims, which have an incredibly narrow braking strip, tehrefore I want to replace the chunky SR pads with modern slim ones, to avoid anomalous wear... it seems to me the "bottom end" ones are chunkier than the cartridge ones... am I wrong?

    I've just put a set of fresh Barradine ones on my Ribble - I can measure the width of them when I get home if you like. I'd assume though that the pads themselves are the same shape and size as any current Shimano pad - I can't see any reason why they would be different.

    As for softness. Not really sure there but I put a set of Barradine ones (which were cheap - about £6 all in a pair - but seemingly well thought of) and they've worn down surprisingly quickly - which probably means they are soft!
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  • g00se
    g00se Posts: 2,221
    How about these:

    http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... 5000000000

    Aztec seem to have a decent reputation.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,337
    g00se wrote:
    How about these:

    http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... 5000000000

    Aztec seem to have a decent reputation.

    Are they? I've had a set on a MTB in the past... not infamous not glorious, I seem to recall
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,337
    Rolf F wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    They are aimed to replace my super record 1980s pads... I am building a set of Wolber profil rims, which have an incredibly narrow braking strip, tehrefore I want to replace the chunky SR pads with modern slim ones, to avoid anomalous wear... it seems to me the "bottom end" ones are chunkier than the cartridge ones... am I wrong?

    I've just put a set of fresh Barradine ones on my Ribble - I can measure the width of them when I get home if you like. I'd assume though that the pads themselves are the same shape and size as any current Shimano pad - I can't see any reason why they would be different.

    As for softness. Not really sure there but I put a set of Barradine ones (which were cheap - about £6 all in a pair - but seemingly well thought of) and they've worn down surprisingly quickly - which probably means they are soft!

    How can they work on both Shimano and Campagnolo? The bolt has different size, which is the origin of the problem, otherwise I would just go for a set of Shimano compatible...
    That said, I haven't checked whether the old Super Record 1980s takes the new Campagnolo... or the new Shimano for what that matters... I was hoping in some advicve from some retro nut over here
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    How can they work on both Shimano and Campagnolo? The bolt has different size, which is the origin of the problem, otherwise I would just go for a set of Shimano compatible...

    The bolt actually screws into a separate part to the carrier - so no doubt the Shimano versions just have a different insert to the same carrier.

    Edit - that said, the Ribble listing says compatible for both. http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... arabrbl225

    I think you really want to pop over to Retrobike!
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,337
    Rolf F wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    How can they work on both Shimano and Campagnolo? The bolt has different size, which is the origin of the problem, otherwise I would just go for a set of Shimano compatible...

    The bolt actually screws into a separate part to the carrier - so no doubt the Shimano versions just have a different insert to the same carrier.

    Edit - that said, the Ribble listing says compatible for both. http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... arabrbl225

    I think you really want to pop over to Retrobike!
    I did already, but to get an answer there it takes a week
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