some acetone (nail polish remover) would work too.
Wow...I can't imagine putting that on there =) It just sounds too weird. I'm not saying it won't work, but I think I would just get the degreaser then.
you might want it more on the taught side rather than the slack side. Just to experiment if it works better that way.
Sorry I miswrote then. The cable is taut. What I meant was that there weren't any sharp bends from the brake lever to the brake arms themselves. It follows along the frame nicely without any hard angle bending.
Anyway, I will probably try the degreaser. I also plan to get new koolstop pads. I have a choice of the following:
1.
http://www.koolstop.com/english/crosspad.html
2.
http://www.koolstop.com/english/dura2.html
The first contains the pad with its cartridge piece. I already own the cartridge piece on my current brakes. I'd hate to buy new cartridges with its pads and throw out the perfectly nice, ones in my current setup.
That is why I think I would just get the brake pads (without cartridge) called the Dura 2 shown in second link. The only problem I have with it would be figuring out how to install them. Does anyone have experience with it? I see a hex key inserted into the pads. Looks like I have to remove that and then remove the old pad before inserting the new pad.
Does that make sense? Thanks.