where to find brake pads
08-06-08 | 04:43 PM
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Bikes: 1978 Varsity
where to find brake pads
Hi everyone, I have a 1978 Varsity. The rear brake pads are starting to get hard due to age (I think?) and I've been looking for new ones. Problem is, my local bike shops do not carry the same style. The newer ones are black and definitely do not go with the bike. Where do you get your brake pads? Thanks in advance!
-Hani
-Hani
08-06-08 | 05:32 PM
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From: Oxnard, CA
Bikes: 2009 Fuji Roubaix RC; 2011 Fuji Cross 2.0; '92 Diamond Back Ascent EX
What color are you looking for? My '77 and '78 Le Tours both had black pads in aluminum carriers and I replaced with the same. IIRC, they had white and yellow as well. They were in a plastic jug and I had to dig through to find matching ones. $1.65 each as I recall.
08-06-08 | 05:46 PM
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Mr. cost-benefit analysis
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From: Agua Dulce, CA
Bikes: Surly Crosscheck Single Speed, Novara 9 speed commuter/runabout
Well how badly do you want to maintain that exact vintage look? As it turns out, I ended up caving in and putting the new Dia Compe black all rubber pads my LBS (a very cool dude) suggested in the first place. I spent a few weeks searching the internet looking for NOS or similar replacements for my Shimano 600 Arabasque brakes... but only got frustrated. I had already fitted newer model aero brake levers, so what the heck. I just want to ride the thing.
DanO
DanO
08-06-08 | 06:57 PM
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feros ferio
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
I use salmon-colored KoolStop pads exclusively. In this instance, I would rather be safe than correct.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
08-06-08 | 07:26 PM
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Thanks for all your replies. Keeping the vintage looks is pretty important to me. I am looking for brown/orange ones. Do any of you recommend a place online where I can get brake pads? In the mean time, I'll keep looking...luckily my front brakes are still good so I can still ride around campus!
