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Title: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: Jaymz on June 25, 2011, 05:09 PM
For those that regularly ride on tuffs and find the new skyway blocks a bit meh. I may have found and answer.
I picked up 2 sets of Xposure Bachelor Pads to use on my blue tuffs as they were clear with a coloured insert and pretty soft.

(http://www.cyclesuk.com/pub/files/Product%20Images/Xposure/.thumbnails/1307099519_BPXP01B_w250_h250.jpg)

After riding for two days on them, my wheels are still mark free and stopping is neck joltingly good. Ive benn hammering the brakes as well just to be sure they work and they are great. my last pair of rider mags were white and i had white tuff pads on them, after an afternoons riding the rims were marked, these have been riden pretty hard for two days and not a mark on them

(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268679_10150293802966942_668306941_8883947_7089733_n.jpg)

So for a rider, if you can compromise looks slightly [I have to say im going to swop out the black hardware for polished at some point] and dont mind the annoying squeek they make as they bed in, then go for it. they retail for around £4-£6 for a pair pretty good value in my eyes and they come in 4 colours

Official Xposure Website
http://xposureproducts.com/blog/?page_id=159


Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - breaking heaven
Post by: Peter J on June 25, 2011, 07:48 PM
Bang tidy fella  :daumenhoch:

Them tuffs still look new  :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - breaking heaven
Post by: oldtired on June 25, 2011, 07:58 PM
note your's are green Jay,  reference back to the Haro logo maybe? and look at them tire logo's lined up with the valve ya posh fooker....... :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - breaking heaven
Post by: Jaymz on June 25, 2011, 08:03 PM
note your's are green Jay,  reference back to the Haro logo maybe? and look at them tire logo's lined up with the valve ya posh fooker....... :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:

purely coincidence on the logo lining up fella!!! Bitches to fit on tuffs those tyres, getting them seated evenly took me over an hour of pulling / pushing inflating / deflating.

And the green goes with the yet to be fitted decals, and the cables, although i have a set of orange ones for the front, just to mix it up a little!!

Bang tidy fella  :daumenhoch:

Them tuffs still look new  :4_17_5:


they are straight out the box sealed bearing new tuffs
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - braking heaven
Post by: curtispro on June 25, 2011, 10:38 PM
Nice one, gonna have to get me a couple of pairs of them  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - braking heaven
Post by: griff on June 25, 2011, 10:41 PM
as promised in the other thread I'll follow up with a review of stodgy dave's rad clear pads once I pick them up from hutchman's

apparently they not only stop you but also provide an extra 30% of girth  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - braking heaven
Post by: Jaymz on June 25, 2011, 11:06 PM
as promised in the other thread I'll follow up with a review of stodgy dave's rad clear pads once I pick them up from hutchman's

apparently they not only stop you but also provide an extra 30% of girth  :daumenhoch:


ooo extra girth!
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - braking heaven
Post by: glenboy on June 25, 2011, 11:23 PM
yeh the new school brake pads really stop mine have the dc pads and everyone of them hardly stops , the skyway pro finned pads are a bit better , but i had a do on kapsters mrd at blackpool he has the rad bmx yellowy ones similar things  and it stops dead  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - braking heaven
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on June 26, 2011, 12:27 AM
gonna have to try that - but on chrome rims i bet it's gonna sound like a bat cave - lots of scretching like the NS stuff  ;D

top work mate  ;)
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: Jaymz on July 02, 2011, 01:34 PM
Im going to revise this thread as these started off well, the bedding in squeak stoppped and all was well, then it returned with a vengence, everywhere i went cats were trying to attack me thinking i was a mouse!! Fooking things are shocking, Ive tried towing them in, towing them out, buffing the surface, rubbing them on the dogs back, everything, the squeak is here to stay, which is a shame as they stop the truffs bang on, but jesus they moan about it.

Im going to stick them on regular wheels and see how they do on them
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: Betty on July 02, 2011, 01:38 PM
They'll squeal on any wheels dude, downside of clear pads...  :(
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: Jaymz on July 02, 2011, 01:44 PM
They'll squeal on any wheels dude, downside of clear pads...  :(

so for the comedy i'll stick them on my lads bike then, revenge is sweet!!!
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: sweetbeats on July 02, 2011, 01:48 PM
My Orig yellow Pads squeak on chrome araya's but on my other bike the blue ones don't  :crazy2:
I like the squeaking sounds kinda vintage and old skool  8)
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: griff on July 02, 2011, 01:56 PM
That reminds me, must try & pick up my rad clear pads and see how they work.. got some others to try in the meantime thanks to lovely pete quad  :-*
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: Dark Diggler on July 02, 2011, 01:58 PM
the squeaking sounds kinda vintage and old skool

or as I like to call those thing.......shit  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: sweetbeats on July 02, 2011, 01:59 PM
the squeaking sounds kinda vintage and old skool

or as I like to call those thing.......shit  :LolLolLolLol:


Squeak Squeak !!
 8)
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: Jaymz on July 02, 2011, 03:22 PM
Jase this wasn't the cute kind of squeaking your gt made. This sounding like cats being torchured
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: sweetbeats on July 02, 2011, 03:39 PM
Jase this wasn't the cute kind of squeaking your gt made. This sounding like cats being torchured


Ahhh I am with you now...... :LolLolLolLol:
Cute Squeaking  :4_17_5:
Funny Fooka  8)
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: Dannywhac on July 02, 2011, 04:27 PM
Only pads I never got squeak on were 90's Koolstops - although they still would if me pads were misaligned slightly  :-X
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: sweetbeats on July 02, 2011, 04:29 PM
I had them white Vans pads on my TA with Tuffs....never squeaked so I binned them  :buck2:
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: Jaymz on July 02, 2011, 04:35 PM
sholdve bought coaster tuffs, couldve put a stop to all this !!
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: sweetbeats on July 02, 2011, 04:47 PM
Get some Ear Defenders Fella  8)
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: Jaymz on July 02, 2011, 04:51 PM
aw man i even found them in the same blue as the tuffs

(http://www.parrs.co.uk/images/products/T091_l.jpg)
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: sweetbeats on July 02, 2011, 04:58 PM
 :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on July 02, 2011, 08:59 PM
they sound like when you put coke(cola) on your rims - they squeak like abitch  ;D

work when riding through town  >:D make them jump  ;D
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: Jaymz on July 02, 2011, 09:20 PM
they made me bloody jump!!!
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: oldskooldayz on July 03, 2011, 12:49 AM
Bollocks I just bought 2 sets of these after reading your original
Comments on them  :LolLolLolLol:

Oh well plenty of tourist to terrify round here when'll come screeching up behind them  :daumenhoch:

Cheers  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Tuff Wheels & Exposure Bachelor Pads - REVISED - THEY'LL DRIVE U INSANE
Post by: Jaymz on July 03, 2011, 10:35 AM
Bollocks I just bought 2 sets of these after reading your original
Comments on them  :LolLolLolLol:

Oh well plenty of tourist to terrify round here when'll come screeching up behind them  :daumenhoch:

Cheers  :LolLolLolLol:

Sorry about that fella, they were brilliant, then they just started moaning about stopping the bike, I thought it was just going t osqueak on the bedding in, but it returned with a vengance. Ive got £10 worth of pads sat doing fook all now, gonna stick them on my lads new school for the lols
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