Originally Posted by 79pmooney

They come in black, salmon (a brick red) and a mix of the two. The salmons are the best pads out there if you want to stop in the wet going down a very steep hill but they pick up a lot of road grit and so can wear rim sidewalls fast. The black pads are excellent dry road pads and OK in the wet but not great. The mix is in between. I'd use the pads that best match your average riding. I live in Portland, OR and ride the black on an old race bike that has no business being out there in the wet, the mix on my good bikes and the salmons on my rain/winter/city bikes.