Kool Stop pads...salmon or dual
01-17-08, 09:32 AM
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do these pads fit in the shimano holders or does one need new holders when switching styles?
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01-17-08, 10:09 AM
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If you get the Dura Type , they are made to fit shimano and shimano type such as Cane Creek, at least thats what the email from KoolStop says. Heres a good deal...
https://cgi.ebay.com/Shimano-Dura-Ace...QQcmdZViewItem
https://cgi.ebay.com/Shimano-Dura-Ace...QQcmdZViewItem
01-17-08, 10:20 AM
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You can get them at Universal Cycles for $6.00 a pair currently and they do automated price matching. If you find it cheaper somewhere do their price match and you will basically see how much margin is involved.
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01-17-08, 10:51 AM
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Great - except they charge $25 to ship to Canada. So $12 for 4 pads, and $25 to move them.
01-17-08, 02:02 PM
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Bike ≠ Car ≠ Ped.
But, yeah, they have refills for Shimano and Campy holders, and you can get complete Shimano and Campy type holders with pads already installed, too.
So Cane Creek holders take Shimano-sized pads, then; so does SRAM, according to other info I've found here on BF.
I tried to follow the advice at Harris Cyclery's brake pads page that said to use the much bigger MTB pads with the threaded posts -- after all, they'd bolt on just like standard road pads. Unfortunately, the fork on my bike leaves so little wheel clearance that there was no way I could put the pads on. Oh well; the pair I bought locally will end up on my MTB, and for the roadie, I'll have to get 'em via mail order.
04-11-08, 10:01 PM
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Bike ≠ Car ≠ Ped.
Found some Dura-type pads locally (black only, but hey..), and put them on the road bike to replace the OEM Shimano (or Tektro) pads. I slid the pads into the holders and didn't adjust the toe-in, and washed the rims with Dawn dish detergent and a sponge.
They might still be in the break-in stage, but man, they're really nice. No more cringe-inducing scraping after heavy braking like with the stock pads, and generally quiet, too. They handled my neighborhood 30-0 downhill stoplight much better than the stock pads.
Good stuff.
They might still be in the break-in stage, but man, they're really nice. No more cringe-inducing scraping after heavy braking like with the stock pads, and generally quiet, too. They handled my neighborhood 30-0 downhill stoplight much better than the stock pads.
Good stuff.
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04-12-08, 08:10 PM
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Salmon.
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04-12-08, 08:15 PM
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After using the salmon and switching to the dual compound version, let me just say that the dual compound BLOWS.
04-12-08, 08:24 PM
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Replaced the stock pads on my Cane Creek SCR-3 with the regular Kool Stop black pads. It's a black bike so I didn't want tiny pink brake pads sticking out like a sore thumb. LOL. Anyhow, that made a huge difference, easily as good as any stock Shimano brake setup. I did swap salmon pads onto my S-Works E5 but haven't had the chance to test the brakes on a steep descent yet.
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If you will remember I made a post not long ago about all of the mysterious crashing I had while using the black Kool Stop pads. As it turns out the problem arose from my wheels flexing over in a hard, fast turn and hitting the pads. When they hit the pads it would push the lip on the back of the pad froward, which would then spring back. When it would spring back it would send my front wheel into the other pad which repeated the process, effectively playing ping pong with my front wheel and making the bike uncontrollable, sending me into a ditch.
04-12-08, 08:51 PM
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I have Rival calipers and run dura ace salmons in front and black in the rear cause I was too cheap at the time to buy 2 sets of salmons. It works out fine as I do much more front braking anyway.
