Re: Is it normal for brake pads to wear out in the rain??

In article <__adnXgcJ8hFWsnZnZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
jim beam <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

mike.a.schwab@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
novice wrote:

this was mountain biking in the rain. lots of mud and sand. my
brakes were gone after only about 30 minutes of riding on a sandy
road.

Get Salmon Kool-stops
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/brakeshoes.html
http://www.koolstop.com/brakes/index.html

what is it with the sheeple here and kool-stops? am i the only one
that's actually bothered to ride those things in the rain?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38636024@N00/101935519/

not only does grit embed just like any other pad, their stopping
power in the wet is abysmal. and i mean potentially fatally abysmal.

I have been using Scott/Mathauser pads for years and find they work
better in the wet or dry than anything else, they last a long time, and
I don't get imbedded bits of metal and such in them.

The May 22, 1995 edition of VeloNews included brake pad testing in wet
and dry, using (IIRC) Schwinn's brake pad testing rig. Scott/Mathausers
came out at the top of both wet and dry braking. They are the same
material as the KoolStop salmons.

Your experience with bike stuff seems to regularly be orthogonal to most
everyone else's. I find that intriguing.
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