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  1. I was going down a long path right, off road, at phenomenal speds. But then the path started coming
    to an end. At a cliff. I saw the cliff from 50 meters away, but when i applied my front brakes, the
    pads just well, melted. when i applied my back berakes the wheel skidded. I ended up stopoping only
    1 or 2 meters from the edge. Are brake pads available which have a high melting point? And traction
    with the ground wasnt a problem, i was using mtb tires, inflated at 10psi

  2. BS

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    I was going down a long path right, off road, at phenomenal speds. But then the path started
    coming to an end. At a cliff. I saw the cliff from 50 meters away, but when i applied my front
    brakes, the pads just well, melted. when i applied my back berakes the wheel skidded. I ended up
    stopoping only 1 or 2 meters from the edge. Are brake pads available which have a high melting
    point? And traction with the ground wasnt a problem, i was using mtb tires, inflated at 10psi

  3. uuh no, this is a kmart machine we are talking about here. BTW I bought new brake pads today. THe
    back ones work great, in that they can lock the wheel, but of course that doesnt achieve much.
    THe front ones are ok, but my front wheel is bent a litttle so i have to make them slay out a
    little too much.

    di said:

    BS

    "Arpit" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    I was going down a long path right, off road, at phenomenal speds. But then the path started
    coming to an end. At a cliff. I saw the cliff from 50 meters away, but when i applied my front
    brakes, the pads just well, melted. when i applied my back berakes the wheel skidded. I ended up
    stopoping only 1 or 2 meters from the edge. Are brake pads available which have a high melting
    point? And traction with the ground wasnt a problem, i was using mtb tires, inflated at 10psi

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