Brandon Ives wrote:
> Something I've been thinking about for the last year is that quality
> cork pads have been produced for modern carbon fiber wheels. I've
> installed tons on bikes and ridden them on many different OT wheelsets
> and they work better than any of the old cork pads. Has anyone tried
> the new pads on the old wood rims? The only old cork pads I ever
> found that worked worth a damn were made in Seattle, though might have
> been made after the cut-off date-- sorry dale. Does anyone remember
> these? I think that were called ADS pads or something?
> best,
> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
> Vancouver, B.C.
>
>
> On Jan 28, 2007, at 7:39 PM, Art Link wrote:
>
>> At last! A use for all the wine bottle corks I've been saving and a
>> chance to hone my skills with an X-acto knife. Art Link,San
>> Antonio,TX,USA
>>
>> Crumpy6204@aol.com wrote: From: Crumpy6204@aol.com
>> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:37:16 EST
>> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> Subject: [CR]
>> Re: Classicrendezvous Digest, Vol 49, Issue 130 Brake pads for
>> wood rims
>>
>> ON Ebay, Plainlugs, Alexander VonTutschek has CORK pads listed for
>> sale for
>> Wood rims, someone was asking about this a while back. Cheers John
>> Crump
>> OldstopemfastBrit, Parker, Co USA
>
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I used to have a few road and track bikes that dated from the late
1920's through to just after the second world war. If my recollection
is correct, the preferred brake material for the wooden rims was
leather. I think I may even have some of these brake blocks around in a
coffee tin somewhere.
Cheers,
Larry Strung