Re: [CR]Wanted: Fibrax brake shoes

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From: <RaleighPro531@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 19:58:07 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Wanted: Fibrax brake shoes
To: hetchins.pete@verizon.net, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 6/19/2003 6:52:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, hetchins.pete@verizon.net writes:


> I have a local cycling friend who is looking for an unusual brake shoe made
> in the UK, but appartently no longer in production. The name brand is
> Fibrax, and he's looking for the "rain cheater" shoes. They work well in wet
> weather, especially on steel rims.
>

I think they still make these but I don't know where to get them in the US. See: http://www.fibrax.com/ (click on "braking solutions", then "road caliper pads", page down to bottom.) SH300R, Raincheaters. This is as far as I got. I found a set at a flea market so I stopped looking.

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA