Oh they're in the bin already. Funnily enough I didn't notice too much improvement in the Kool Stops so I've gone back to Tektro pads.You've taken them off, chuck em out, otherwise you will end up with a drawer full of used brake blocks (take it from one who knows)
Yeah but the surface had become quite gritty and they were starting to get noisy in the wet.Loads of life left in them. Fsck it though, not that important to wear them down to the indicator line.
Plenty of life yet. However, there is no grit in those. Koolstop doesn't pick up grit/aluminium. Give them a good scrub and you'll see.Yeah but the surface had become quite gritty and they were starting to get noisy in the wet.
You think. I'll have a look again tomorrow.Plenty of life yet. However, there is no grit in those. Koolstop doesn't pick up grit/aluminium. Give them a good scrub and you'll see.
Rescue them, they're good.
You think. I'll have a look again tomorrow.
I usually find with brake blocks that once they fall below a certain level then the brakes don't seem to be as efficient, they feel different, not quite as crisp or responsive, particularly V-brakes.
That's my problem, crap brakes.Yes, if you don't have parallelogram linkages in your V-brakes, they do deteriorate as the pads wear down. That's because they make a cosine error by sweeping down more than sweeping towards the rim. The force on the rim is therefore reduced. With better brakes such as XT, they compensate with a linkage. Those remain good till the last drop.
Calipers don't have the same sweep problem, however on dual pivot brakes the one arm is shorter than the other and when the pad is worn, it does also sweep upwards instead of towards the rim.
Absolutely loads of life!!!!You think. I'll have a look again tomorrow.
I usually find with brake blocks that once they fall below a certain level then the brakes don't seem to be as efficient, they feel different, not quite as crisp or responsive, particularly V-brakes.