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Brake pads that work well on brushed alloy rims?

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pickle:
the RAD ones work a treat!  still noisy but who cares! 

i run em on my new school and they pull your spine out! 

Bettyswallocks:
If you havent already got em, get some linear brake cables for it, makes a big differance...  :daumenhoch:

And what they all said ^^^ clear brake pads... you'll get used to the noise...  :D

J Rolla:
Might give those Rad ones a pop then, will they fit on older style calipers (DC Bulldogs in this case)? The nuts look different and there are a bunch of washers/spacers that I'm not used to.

Linear cables... I run Odyssey Slics on this bike (non-linear), what's the difference with a linear cable?


Cheers for all the help so far  :daumenhoch:

Bettyswallocks:
The outer cable (cover) is differant on a linear cable, it doesnt compress like a non linear cable does when you pull the brake lever, the brake doesnt feel as spongy

I've a dc bulldog caliper on one of my old bikes, the clear pads fit fine, had to bend the quick release arm thingy a touch to clear the bolt on the pad (the bolts on em are longer than the original pads) worked well enough to lock the rear wheel at mk in the rain...  :daumenhoch:

graeme:
The washers are 2 cup spacers, one thick, one thin, these set the distance from the pad to the rim. Put whichever one on the inside fits best, probably thin inside and thick outside.
There are also 2 thin dome washers, tehse go between teh cups and the caliper arm.

Fit them loose, then clamp teh brake shut, then tighten the pad.

These cups let the pad swivel so they shut at the same angle as the rim wall, then they lock at that angle :)

Means you get full pad contact from the start rather than the pad having to wear to the angle of the rim.

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