A race mechanic told me that when Modolo equipped teams with their brakes, the first thing the mechanics did was to put Campy brake shoes on the calipers. This was to ensure that all the riders in the peloton would brake at the same speed, thus avoiding rear-end collisions. This, obviously, because Modolo (World Champion outfitter in the last on-list year, by the way) pads braked better.
I love my Modolo brakes and have them on most of my personal bikes. Super stylin!
my euro cent, kim klakow Berlin, germany
> In a message dated 3/31/2004 1:01:28 PM PST, OROBOYZ@aol.com writes:
> The Sintered pads were perhaps not all they were hyped to be, but
> certainly
> not unusable. They were sort of fuzzy and scrapy and not at all smooth in
> action. Maybe they did cut through rim sidewall crude better and stop
> well,
> but
> >from a tactile sense they could be unpleasant to use. Modolo hoped they
> would
> be
> a huge aftermarket seller, to be used on all brands of brakes.. That was
> not
> to be!
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, NC
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> In my experience, I found that the "sinterized" pads were less than
> optimal
> once you put a good year or two on them. Besides, in the mid to late 80s,
> I
> recall reading a blurb by Modolo proudly stating that they "no longer used
> ASBESTOS" in their brake pads. I thought that was just wonderful; after
> years of
> using cancer-causing Asbestos, they were so nice to tell us that they had
> "quit"
> using it. Gee Modolo, thanks for the consideration! cheers
> Dave Anderson
> Cut Bank MT
>
>
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