recommend me some brake pads
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I bought a set of Swissstop pads for my old road bike but have still not used them. Intention was to swap them in when the Ultegra pads wore out. Four years and at least 4,000 miles later, the bike was involved in a crash, and the brakes found a new home on a 1990s steel road bike. They're barely worn in.
Seriously, unless your 'stock' pads are really terrible, I wouldn't bother with an upgrade. My new bike has current generation 11-speed Ultegra pads on it, and they are, to be frank, brilliant. So the Swissstop pads are still in the original packaging, sat in a cupboard in the garage. I'm hoping this new bike will live long enough to need a brake pad swap. I go through chains most frequently, then cassettes, then tyres. I can't remember the last time I swapped a set of brake pads on a road bike due to wear.
Seriously, unless your 'stock' pads are really terrible, I wouldn't bother with an upgrade. My new bike has current generation 11-speed Ultegra pads on it, and they are, to be frank, brilliant. So the Swissstop pads are still in the original packaging, sat in a cupboard in the garage. I'm hoping this new bike will live long enough to need a brake pad swap. I go through chains most frequently, then cassettes, then tyres. I can't remember the last time I swapped a set of brake pads on a road bike due to wear.
yellowjack said:
I bought a set of Swissstop pads for my old road bike but have still not used them. Intention was to swap them in when the Ultegra pads wore out. Four years and at least 4,000 miles later, the bike was involved in a crash, and the brakes found a new home on a 1990s steel road bike. They're barely worn in.
Seriously, unless your 'stock' pads are really terrible, I wouldn't bother with an upgrade. My new bike has current generation 11-speed Ultegra pads on it, and they are, to be frank, brilliant. So the Swissstop pads are still in the original packaging, sat in a cupboard in the garage. I'm hoping this new bike will live long enough to need a brake pad swap. I go through chains most frequently, then cassettes, then tyres. I can't remember the last time I swapped a set of brake pads on a road bike due to wear.
I just replaced my old brake pads as they were almost on the wear bars. Original shimano 105 pads on there. I went for the Swiss-stop green pads and they are leagues better. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them at all. Seriously, unless your 'stock' pads are really terrible, I wouldn't bother with an upgrade. My new bike has current generation 11-speed Ultegra pads on it, and they are, to be frank, brilliant. So the Swissstop pads are still in the original packaging, sat in a cupboard in the garage. I'm hoping this new bike will live long enough to need a brake pad swap. I go through chains most frequently, then cassettes, then tyres. I can't remember the last time I swapped a set of brake pads on a road bike due to wear.
Before you ask I clean the bike once a fortnight or so, maybe more if it's been wet, and always clean the rim and pad surfaces.
I wouldn't have said my 105 pads were terrible, so based on your comments I wouldn't have changed. Glad I did change them though.
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