wroomwroomoops

I am hating on my rear V-brakes as they are pathetic in stopping power.

Please give me your recommendation for good brakepads, possibly inexpensive and definitely available in europe.

rmfnla

These: https://www.koolstop.com/brakes/index.php#Anchor-47857

The salmon color will work best in wet conditions.

Here is their European info: https://www.koolstop.com/Europe.html

Inexpensive is not important if you can't stop in time.

tellyho

Salmon koolstops are the best. Rear brakes don't do much in terms of stopping though.

wroomwroomoops

In the winter, rear brakes are indispensible. Do you ride in the winter? On ice? On wet ice? Fresh snow on ice? Bumpy ice? How much experience do you have of riding in these conditions in a hilly place?

I know that yours is the politically correct thing to say, but can you, you know, for once.... NOT say it? I have heard this a million times, and not once the one who said it thought it was rendundant. But it is rendundant, and sometimes it's not even true.

wroomwroomoops

Any more suggestions? I like pluralities of options and opinions.

Cyclist0383

Kool Stop Salmon all the way. And they're available in Europe too.

wroomwroomoops

OK guys, I'm buying the salmon Kool Stops tonight.

acorn_user

I've used Kool Stops, and they are excellent. I have had good experiences with Fibrax for other things. Swisstop pads have a great reputation. I don't like Avid, Shimano or Tektro pads, and I am also not keen on the Aztec pads.

I think you will be happy with the Kool Stop pads though.

I can only imagine what Finland could be like in winter. I studied in Austria, and my finnish friends always complained about the damp cold. I used to have to defrost my Puch on really cold days, and ride around with a bottle of hot water....

wroomwroomoops

I bought these.

In the meantime (thanks acorn user for reminding me) I'll use some Shimano brake pads I took from some LX V-brakes. Not ideal, but I guess better than what I have now on my winter bike. I hope not to break my neck.

Cyclist0383

Were they salmon or black? There is a huge difference in winter stopping between them.

wroomwroomoops

From my limited Deutsch, I think the seller offers both, and it's up to me to choose. And I'll choose salmon, of course.

Cyclist0383

Ah, I see. The link isn't working for whatever reason. He might also offer a dual compound black/salmon (they are popular in Germany for some reason) which are okay but not as good as the 100% salmon.

wroomwroomoops

Maybe because only the buyer can see that effed up link to the eBay auction. Try this.

Cyclist0383

Nope.

wroomwroomoops

It doesn't work for you?

EDIT: I logged out of eBay and the link still worked for me.

Then I fired up Internet Explorer and tried from there, and again, it worked fine, and there I wasn't even logged into Bikeforums.

Cyclist0383

No, it doesn't, but it's not really important. I think all the auctions for the pads have ended as a search on the title turns up nothing.

wroomwroomoops

What if you search for 320192406318 ?

wroomwroomoops

The guy sells black, salmon, and some "red" Kool Stop pads. These red ones, from what I understand, are the same as the black ones - for the same wheather conditons. Hmm..?

Cyclist0383

'This page may have moved or is no longer available'

???

Cyclist0383

Red and black are the same compound, the only difference is the color.

wroomwroomoops

Thanks! I will emphasize to the seller once again, that I want the Salmon ones.

wroomwroomoops

Just for the record: the pads I just removed are Tektro.

blamp28

I just bought some of these but have not had time to try them yet.

ukcrossguy

yup koolstop pads! only thing that stops me on my cross bike... must get me some swiss stop pads for some frog legs or the new kore breaks

wroomwroomoops

I ordered also some Kool Stop thinline brake shoes (Salmon, of course) from the states - cheaper than in europe, just takes longer to get here.

But I believe that I'll be using less rim brakes in the future, and move gradually to rollerbrakes. My one singlespeed with rollerbrakes in the rear has proved to be excellent.