Originally Posted by wroomwroomoops
I am grateful to subsistbmx for bringing up this thread. I wasn't aware such brakepads existed. I will now switch all my bikes to such pads (I hope to find them for cantis as well). That's because I am big on environment friendliness. With the Nokian "Deserve Them" environ friendly tires, I am improving my environ footprint.
It would be nice if chains and sprockets were made of some environment-friendly steel alloy. To be honest, simple carbon steel would be the most acceptable. I wonder if any bike-part company focuses on such issues.
I know, I know, by all western standards, I am crazy.
completely bat**** actually and not just by "western standards" whatever the **** that means. There is no reason to think that cork brakes are any more enviormentally friendly then all rubber ones on any level. This of course completely ignores the waste arising from cork pads(or high carbon steel parts) that have to be replaced more frequently.
I'm still curious as to why
subsistbmx@hotmail.com "just wanted to try out cork pads". Please enlighten us.