Originally Posted by
uoficowboy
Should I just adjust the brakes to try to get the front of them (the part closer to the front of the bike) to hit earlier? Should it hit even earlier than the springy part in the back? These are strange pads... Not used to them!
Yes, you should. You can sand down that "plow" bit on the back if you need to. In fact, you can lightly sand the entire pad a bit which sometimes helps.
Sometimes, as the commenter above states, you need to break in both the rim and the pads, and it may just take a while.
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