I feel and always did,that the black Campy pads that came on my Raleigh Pro in 1973 were much better than the ones I replaced them with in 1980.I filed the old ones square and put them back on.I quit riding that bike for the most part not long after.But the later bikes and pads never seemed to work as well as those did.Did Campagnolo change compounds for brake pads in the 1970's?I would like to know.It sure seemed that way to me.I bought a new set of short brakes in about 1978,and they did not seem to work as well either.Anyone know?I apologize if this is an archive issue. Harris Spracher Waynesboro Va
NortonMarg@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 3/31/04 1:01:28 PM Pacific Standard Time, 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!
>
Wow, we have had different experiences! I am still using the sinterized pads on all my bikes and find them far superior to the black Campy pads. They do chew through rim anodization, but on the plus side, I find them very progressive and really impressive at higher speeds. I'm using both the plain old Campy sidepulls and the single pivot monoplanar Chorus brakes. The Chorus brakes with these pads are the best thing I've ever used! My dislike of the Campy black brake pads goes back to the days of Fiamme red label rims. The Campy's would dig nuggets of aluminum out of the rim and then you had no brakes until you stopped, took the wheel off, and picked the nugget out of the brake pad. Then you were good to go until next time! When hard anodized rims came out, I felt like the Campy pads were vague at high speed. I tried various pads, Matthausers, Cool Stops, you name it, I tried it. When the Modolo sinterized pads came out, that was it. I use those. Stevan Thomas Alameda, CA
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