Time to replace the useless brake pads that came on my otherwise excellent Defy - but with what?
Just want something that will stop my bog standard wheels quickly and safely, especially in the wet, preferably with the minimum of dust and rim wear. Used Swisstop's green pads a few years ago, but presumably the market has moved on?
I was going to suggest Swisstop Green. Or the Koolstop salmon ones. Both worked well for me. I get the impression that the cool kids are moving to discs anyway, but I'm not aware of owt that works better than the Swisstop pads.
Cheers
Nope. Still swissstop but they're black now.
Koolstop salmon are cheaper and have been really good for me. Much better than Shimano standard in the wet.
Swiss Stop BXP (blue) here. Very good pads indeed.
Yeah, the Salmons have been pretty good for me. Much better than your usual cheapy pads. And a lot cheaper than Swissstop. They've lasted me pretty well too.
I had some Koolstops on my Tricross and could endo the bike no problem. Great pads and reasonably priced. A bit noisy when wet though.
I've got koolstop mixed compound ones at the moment. Salmon and normal mixed in. Probably not as long life as the regular ones but they stop the bike quickly enough.
Did I read somewhere that Scott mathouser were making brake pads again? Wonder what they're like.
Standard discobrakes for me, tried expensive ones and these are just as good.
Wiggle Lifeline Essentials £2.99 for four, work perfectly.
You need to ride the Defy in some wet weather so as to take the polish off the braking surfaces; once that's done the brakes will grip better. Make sure that after a wet ride you clean the brake blocks, clean out the grooves, de-glaze and pick out any bits of grit.
Or buy a roadie with disc brakes.
the swisstop greens are being replaced by blue, still good if pricey
it's just as important to make sure that the cable runs are laid out well and that the callipers are clean and set up right, as does cleaning the rim and pad regularly (I am a total hypocrite writing all of this!!)