Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo

Leonard Zinn did an article on this subject on Velonews.com. Go search their site and he'll give you the scoop. Bottom line, run carbon specific pads. As for the Zipps going both ways, I won't run the pads I use on my al wheels on my carbon wheels due to the fact that they pick small pieces of al and can damage the carbon wheels. I bought some spare brake pad holders and just swap out the whole unit when I run the carbon wheels. This takes about 5 minutes and is worth just for the piece of mind, my carbon wheels weren't cheap!