Brake Pads, Campag

TheHound

Any suggestions on the softest grippiest pads that will fit Campag Athena 2015 calipers? Longevity isn't a concern.

I was looking at the Swiss Stop Green but it says they're Shimano only. However Campag have a bolt holding the pads in place so are they actually interchangeable?

Thanks.

on-yer-bike

Whats wrong with Campag pads? The new black ones are best Ive used. Swiss Stop green are rim wreckers, Kool Stop just collect metal shards and become rim wreckers.

mercia_man

No experience of Swiss Stop but Koolstop salmon or dual compound are soft and grippy. I've always found them very kind to my rims. However, I do agree with on-yer-bike that the latest black standard Campag pads are very good.

Athena skeleton brakes as you say have a screw rather than the spring tongue on my brakes (Record). But the Campag part number for replacement pads is identical for all modern skeleton brakes - BR-RE 700 - so it would appear they fit both the screw and tongue types. So the Koolstop Super Record salmon or dual compound replacements for post 2011 brakes, said to fit all skeleton brakes, should be OK for your Athenas. They are widely available. Just make sure they have the little indentation on the back for tongue/screw. Alternatively, get a set of standard Campag pads.

northpole

Unless Swiss Stop have changed their range, the green and blue are available to fit both Campagnolo and Shimano; the former being called Race Pro and the latter Flash Pro. I've never had a problem with the green pads. Common sense requires that you inspect the pad face on a regular basis to check for swarf - this applies to all pads in my opinion. I experienced a heck of a fright on Sunday in the tour de Yorkshire sportive using Clarks pad holders with their own pads - they were perfectly fine in the dry but completely useless on the steep descents in the wet - the Swiss Stop greens would have dealt much much better.

Peter

drlodge

I've just replaced the Campag pads on the Rourke after 6,000 miles with new campag pads. The new pads seem softer but probably just that the old pads had hardened. I'd keep with Campag pads, they work great.

TheHound

Alright guys thanks. Normally stock pads are a bit crap. I'll stick with these for a bit.

norvernrob

I had a set of the blue Campag pads come with my Fulcrum Nites - I've killed them in 150 miles, and that's not a typo! 3 rides and they're below the minimum. I knew they were soft as there was dust all over the bike the first time I used them, and my rides were very hilly (15,000ft in 150 miles) but that's crazy.