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JRB

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I like WTB razor blades the best. Kool stops are pretty nice too. Anything but XTR. They are like flint rocks.
 
jacksonpt

jacksonpt

Turbo Monkey
Jul 22, 2002
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Vestal, NY
From my experiences, they all are about the same. I buy $8 shimano pads and they seem to do as well as the $30 ones I bought one year.
 
stosh

stosh

Darth Bailer
Jul 20, 2001
22,248
408
NY
loco said:
I like WTB razor blades the best. Kool stops are pretty nice too. Anything but XTR. They are like flint rocks.
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I need to buy 4 sets so I'll probably just go cheap. Well maybe I'll get a good set for my GF's bike and some cheapo's for my HT road bike...
 
Wumpus

Wumpus

makes avatars better
Dec 25, 2003
8,161
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Six Shooter Junction
the Inbred said:
i'm getting along just dandy with Wim Ranglers IIs.
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I just pulled the rears off my x-bike, and they had flakes of the rim(velocity) imbedded in them. The fronts seem to be OK -- different rim, though.

The rears didn't last long, but I have been pulling the kids in their trailer with the x-bike.
 
-dustin

-dustin

boring
Jun 10, 2002
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austin
are they old pads? as in need to be replaced? i noticed that in pads over the summer. i thought it was a "warning sign" that the pads needed to be replaced. thought it was kinda weird, but went with the flow.
 
J

JRB

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Wumpus said:
Yeah, they are worn down to the groove.

I was wondering if avid put the metal in there for warning purposes.
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no - they don't
 
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