Originally Posted by
Sci-Fi
Why would brake pads for carbon rims be bad/damaging for aluminum rims? Most are cork formulations/compounds. Might be confusing them up with ceramic brake pads.
Right, I was.
Originally Posted by
Sci-Fi
As far as braking performance, cork pads are generally not recommended for aluminum rims (the exception is Swisstop yellow pads, which according to Swisstop, can be used for both w/o any difference in braking performance and there are plenty of triathletes that use their yellow pads for double duty for their carbon race and aluminum training wheels/rims).
As you note, most cork (carbon specific) pads aren't recommended for Al rims, probably due to substandard braking.
The Swisstop Yellow pads are so expensive that replacing whatever is installed on the OP's brakes with either Shimano or Kool Stop pads will be much less expensive. Unless the Swisstops are what's there now but that's unlikely.