[CR]brake pads for wood rims

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:19:38 -0500
From: "Phil Sieg" <triodelover@comcast.net>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]brake pads for wood rims

I've just picked up a set of 26" wheels with Cerchio Ghisallo wood rims. I've searched the archives on the subject of brake pads and there didn't seem to be a consensus. Now it's a new year, maybe there are a few more data points.

So what works that's not /unobtanium/ or nearly so? Fibrax with the felt inserts? Felt pads from exercise bikes (but will they actually stop you)? Brake pads for carbon fiber rims?

Or is the better question what pads stop you and give you the longest period between needing to refinish the rims? Are any of the Kool Stop pads a viable option?

As always, TIA.

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Phil Sieg
Knoxville, Tennessee