these pads never stopped being produced tho there are/were few shops willing to carry em acme's been carrying them all along fairly easy to get actually just gotta wanna give us a call if ya like peace Sarah GibsonAcme Bicycle Company412 East 18thKansas City, Missouri 64108h ttp://www.acmebicyclecompany.com816 221 2045
well behaved women rarely make history_ride yr friggin bicycle_ > Date: Mon
, 21 Jul 2008 17:11:35 -0400> From: hydelake@verizon.net> To: Classicrend
ezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]Mathauser Pads are back, sort of ...> >
The other day I called a toll free number I'd gotten a year or so ago > ab
out Mathauser pads that may have been available. I was given this > URL: ht
tp://www.yokozunausa.com/ and told to select brakes. They've got > the Math
auser generic pads on threaded carriers virtually identical to > the old on
es for sale in pairs at $30 US for a set of four pads, plus a > minimum $
9 shipping and a minimum $40 order, a bit steep.> > They list a pre-2000
brake pad, but sell it as 1 (which I hope would be > one pair) that appea
rs to include a streamlined aluminum housing with a > sort of shark fin whe
el guide and listed for $11.99 though the > description neither includes an
ything about how many make a set or even > if the aluminum carrier is inclu
ded. It does appear from the photo to > be a slide in cartridge, but not
with the old traditional smooth > Mathauser or even ridged Campy pattern.>
> I'm not connected with this site at all, just interested in getting mor
e > brake pads. One generic set of four don't make a minimum order and I've
> got too much stuff to add to the pile just to experiment with the Campy
> style ones. If anyone purchases them, I'd like to hear their opinion of
> them.> > Happy trails,> > Dan Artley in Parkton, Maryland> > --- Str
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