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05-02-05, 02:26 PM
Has anyone tried taking the brake shoes off the standard ultegra brakes and putting on some koolstop thinline brakes?
I want some good stopping power and the ultegra pads suck, the compound seems way too hard and it doesn't grip even after sanding it down. Plus, it seems to be putting score marks on my rims and accumulating a lot of pieces of metal on the material. No one around here carries the koolstop pads that fit in the ultegra shoes but everyone carries the thinline brake pads. They seem to have a larger brake surface too.
I want some good stopping power and the ultegra pads suck, the compound seems way too hard and it doesn't grip even after sanding it down. Plus, it seems to be putting score marks on my rims and accumulating a lot of pieces of metal on the material. No one around here carries the koolstop pads that fit in the ultegra shoes but everyone carries the thinline brake pads. They seem to have a larger brake surface too.