Brake Pad Recomendations

JesseD

Have a pair of DT Swiss RRc 65 Dicut wheels to race on this year and am unsure of which brake pads to use with them for the best performance, was thinking SwissStop Yellow King or Black Prince?

Given the weather can be changeable at best I want something that has good wet weather performance (as good as you can get with carbon rims), and still have good dry perfoamnce.

What would you recommend?

trek_dan

I just use Wiggle Lifeline own brand now and they seem to stop as well as Swiss Stop ones which are 20 times the price. I've given up on expensive brake pads, found they make very little (if any) difference. Plus these are cheap enough that once they start getting low or get gritty in bad weather they just go in the bin.

JesseD

I did a quick google and saw those on Wiggle at under £5 for 2 sets, reviews they get on the site seem good but didn't know how they compared to the more well known brands such as SwissStop etc?

trek_dan

Well I certainly can't tell the difference JesseD, thats for both cyclocross and road.

super_davo

+1 for Wiggle pads. The difference between them and a new Swisstops is less than the difference between old and new Swisstops so get them and change them more often. Got to be kinder on your rims that way too.

PTestTeam

If they're anything as good as SwissStop Black Prince then I'll be buying them at them prices!

charlie_potatoes

Reynolds Cryo Blue are the best that money can buy.
So are the lifeline ones.

sloppyschleckonds

Charlie Potatoes wrote:

Reynolds Cryo Blue are the best that money can buy.
So are the lifeline ones.

The Cyro Blue do seem a bit special