I've got a '76 Marinoni I'm fixing up and the stock brake pads are pretty shot. I've got a few extra pairs of Record brakes, one of them looks to be of identical vintage and it's got a set of lightly used Mathauser pads in the Campy holders.
So I'm thinking of using these Mathauser pads on the bike, and while purity is not a huge issue (the bike is FAR from a show bike), I was wondering when these solid Mathauser refills for Campy holders first started showing up?
Other questions include:
Who has the proper stock original black blocks (if I want to make it look more correct)?
Not having used these blocks before, how much better might they be at stopping the bike than the original compound Campy blocks? I understand they're better in the rain, but this bike will unlikely see the rain again.
Similarly I'm wondering if I should upgrade to the ones that Sheldon
lists: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/
Are they any harder on rims?
Thanks for any input.
David Bilenkey
in cool breezy Ottawa