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are tuffs essential on a mid 80's ride???

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workshyfop:
so its all down to looks then, rather than performance? :'(    no wonder i don't pull too many ladies then............!!
know what you mean though, tuffs just look right for that period..........i would like to ride it as well mind.......

oberonspacefruit:
ride it then.

tuffs served well for many a fine jouster.

ORB:
i ride on tuffs

and Dia Compe brakes.

workshyfop:
do they stop you??...........only joking. alloy rims will give me better braking though?????? as opposed to tuffs. also, tuff pads are essential for using with tuffs, or are the standard type dia-compe pads adequate???
thanks again for your advice to my inane questions.

SteveG:
I found that you really need tuff pads to get the best brakes. Not sure about other types such as ACS, Vans and the copies available but the Dia-Comp pads were pretty useless. 
I have kool stop ones on my bike now and they aren't too bad but they are getting on a bit now so might have gone a bit hard.
I bought some copies from Wilkinsons a few weeks back for 70p, they are black, and look the same apart from not having writing on them. Not sure how perform yet though.

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