Pads for ceramic braking surfaces

Yes mate, you need different pads for the graphite braking surface. You can use 'normal' pads, but will wear them out a little quicker.

I cant answer the q'n.. but on the same topic.. I stuck some KoolStop 1/2 salmons on my 'other' roadie the other day... coorrr these babys stick, love em... I'm not game to put a set on the front yet though...

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I cant answer the q'n.. but on the same topic.. I stuck some KoolStop
1/2 salmons on my 'other' roadie the other day... coorrr these babys
stick, love em... I'm not game to put a set on the front yet though...

Why?

You'd want the best brakes on the front, surely - that's the end that does
all the stopping.

Just do it and enjoy the power. ;^)

Tony F
dreaming of bigger discs

On 2006-05-17, gplama (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

I cant answer the q'n.. but on the same topic.. I stuck some KoolStop
1/2 salmons on my 'other' roadie the other day... coorrr these babys
stick, love em... I'm not game to put a set on the front yet though...

Since I'm not brave enough to venture into the land of eBay, and
haven't found them even when I did look, how much have you been
scoring these for?

Wondering whether ordering a batch of them is worthwhile, and
distributing amongst BR participants for the appropriate fee 🙂

--
TimC
The path to enlightenment_0.16.5-6 is through apt-get

TimC said:

Since I'm not brave enough to venture into the land of eBay, and
haven't found them even when I did look, how much have you been
scoring these for?

BikePro on Whitehorse Rd... around $20 iirc..

On 2006-05-17, gplama (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

TimC said:

Since I'm not brave enough to venture into the land of eBay, and
haven't found them even when I did look, how much have you been
scoring these for?

BikePro on Whitehorse Rd... around $20 iirc..

603 Whitehorse. Cool. My pads are about to the wear lines. That was
pretty quick.

Hey dutchy -- do you know whether the rims on the old roady are steel
or aluminium? They don't brake so well in the wet, which leads me to
suspect steel, but I have no idea how to find out.

--
TimC
NOT A CHANCE! I know for a *fact* the kittens aren't frightened
by temporal anomalies. Clock watching simply ain't their bag.
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TimC said:

Hey dutchy -- do you know whether the rims on the old roady are steel
or aluminium? They don't brake so well in the wet, which leads me to
suspect steel, but I have no idea how to find out.

Got a magnet handy?

--
Shane Stanley

TimC said:

Hey dutchy -- do you know whether the rims on the old roady are steel
or aluminium? They don't brake so well in the wet, which leads me to
suspect steel, but I have no idea how to find out.

You've got some dead HDDs floating about haven't you? Pull the magnets out!

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Bad Experiences:
1. Do not try to flush wet cement down the toilets.
2. Under no circumstance keep a chain saw in your apartment.

On 2006-05-17, Random Data (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

TimC said:

Hey dutchy -- do you know whether the rims on the old roady are steel
or aluminium? They don't brake so well in the wet, which leads me to
suspect steel, but I have no idea how to find out.

You've got some dead HDDs floating about haven't you? Pull the magnets out!

Der! Steel is magnetic, isn't it?

Sigh. It's been an unproductive day.

--
TimC
If you ever fear that machines will surpass humans in intelligence,
just ask Microsoft to write the OS. -- POTU in RHOD

TimC said:

Der! Steel is magnetic, isn't it?

Sigh. It's been an unproductive day.

--
TimC

You're one of them PhD students that learnt everything they know from
books aren't you!

The only steel rims are chromed ones, you know that looks very
different from Aluminium right?

Additionally if you do have chromed rims, you won't have bad braking in
the wet, you will have essentially none....

On 2006-05-17, PiledHigher (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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TimC said:

Der! Steel is magnetic, isn't it?

Sigh. It's been an unproductive day.

You're one of them PhD students that learnt everything they know from
books aren't you!

Who alleged that I know something? Hmm? HMMM?

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The only steel rims are chromed ones, you know that looks very
different from Aluminium right?

Not on my old Kmart crapper. Until it rusted, then it looked brown 🙂

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Additionally if you do have chromed rims, you won't have bad braking in
the wet, you will have essentially none....

That was my memory of the Kmart crapper.

My OCR3 only loses a bit of braking power in the wet, and I've tried a
few pads.

The bike in question loses a lot -- maybe it's the pads then? They
seem a lot softer -- can be better modulated in the dry, but much
worse in the wet.

--
TimC
Hell - n. The current residence of Mr. Noah Webster, Lexicographer.
(Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_)

TimC said:

Quoted message said:

The only steel rims are chromed ones, you know that looks very
different from Aluminium right?

Not on my old Kmart crapper. Until it rusted, then it looked brown 🙂

Quoted message said:

Additionally if you do have chromed rims, you won't have bad braking in
the wet, you will have essentially none....

That was my memory of the Kmart crapper.

My OCR3 only loses a bit of braking power in the wet, and I've tried a
few pads.

The bike in question loses a lot -- maybe it's the pads then? They
seem a lot softer -- can be better modulated in the dry, but much
worse in the wet.

--
TimC
Hell - n. The current residence of Mr. Noah Webster, Lexicographer.
(Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_)

If it rusted... STEEL!

What sort of brakes are we talking about? Road, cantilevers, v brakes?

Are the brake pads well worn, usually they start with water shedding
slots, are they worn past the slots?

On 2006-05-17, PiledHigher (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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If it rusted... STEEL!

No rust, and there's nothing fundamentally different looking about the
surfaces of the OCR3 and this one. I don't have a magnet handy.

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What sort of brakes are we talking about? Road, cantilevers, v brakes?

I've never been able to work out which brake is which -- since when
has a V-brake looked like a V?

Anyway, according to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_brake_systems
it's a sidepull caliper brake.

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Are the brake pads well worn, usually they start with water shedding
slots, are they worn past the slots?

Lots of pad left. Far more than the OCR3.

So am I a fool pulling apart the hub whilst at work without access to
all my usual tools? 🙂

--
TimC
[advice on riding in traffic:] make eye contact with drivers at every
possible opportunity. If they make eye contact, they'll feel worse
about running over you. -- Davidm in aus.bicycle

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TimC said:

I don't have a magnet handy.

No speedo?

--
Shane Stanley