David Auker

Dan H wrote:
> (...)
>
> Braking on a 'cross bike is over rated anyway. If you are burning
> through brake pads on our flat courses, you may be "controlling" your
> speed too much. I always relate the story of a race in Newberg some
> years back where I was chasing David A. (what else is new?) After the
> race he asked how I was able to make up so much ground on him at the
> decent. I replied: "My brakes don't work very well"

Ha! Was that the time Soren Sudito was attempting to give me a wheel
change (rear), while I was running with the bike (illegal, I'm sure).
We made quite a team, both involved with the same bike...(he was a
smoker, so I think he may have been breathing a bit harder than me!). I
ended up just running the rest of the race (maybe that was the reason
you were gaining? :-)

David

Dan H

That's strange because Kool Stop uses a softer compound on purpose to save the rims. You didn't say which compound you got though. Black, (hardest) pink, (softer) silver, (?) or one of the modular composites. They also make compounds for ceramic rims.

Braking on a 'cross bike is over rated anyway. If you are burning through brake pads on our flat courses, you may be "controlling" your speed too much. I always relate the story of a race in Newberg some years back where I was chasing David A. (what else is new?) After the race he asked how I was able to make up so much ground on him at the decent. I replied: "My brakes don't work very well"
----- Original Message -----
From: Bradley Heintz
To: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:13 AM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Brake Shoes

This cross season has been rough on my mountain bike. The latest casualty has been my brake shoes. Frequently pieces of aluminum from my rim have become imbedded in my brake shoes making a nasty grinding sound on the rim when I brake. I've been digging out the aluminum chucks with a screw driver but my rims now have some groves in them. Amazingly the brakes work well again when I remove the pieces. Last week my V-brakes ground through the pads so that the steel was starting to grind on my rims. I purchased some cool stop pads to replace them and now my brakes don't stop well at all. Has anyone has a similar problem? I have heard great things about Cool Stop but am wondering if I should buy more of the original fast wearing Shimano shoes I had been running in hopes of them contouring quickly to the shape of my damaged rims. I just need 2 more races out of this bike.

Bradley Heintz

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Bradley Heintz

This cross season has been rough on my mountain bike. The latest
casualty has been my brake shoes. Frequently pieces of aluminum from my
rim have become imbedded in my brake shoes making a nasty grinding sound
on the rim when I brake. I've been digging out the aluminum chucks with
a screw driver but my rims now have some groves in them. Amazingly the
brakes work well again when I remove the pieces. Last week my V-brakes
ground through the pads so that the steel was starting to grind on my
rims. I purchased some cool stop pads to replace them and now my brakes
don't stop well at all. Has anyone has a similar problem? I have heard
great things about Cool Stop but am wondering if I should buy more of
the original fast wearing Shimano shoes I had been running in hopes of
them contouring quickly to the shape of my damaged rims. I just need 2
more races out of this bike.

Bradley Heintz