Review of Brake Shoes Kool Stop Mountain Pad Dual Black/Sal

Brake Shoes Kool Stop Mountain Pad Dual Black/Sal
By: Kool Stop Average Rating: 5.0 Total Reviews: 7
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Good Pads!

On: 2008-08-02

Used these to replace the stock pads on a 50cm Surly Long Haul Trucker (with 26" wheels). BIG improvement. Before you replace the Oryx cantilevers that come on the LHT, try these...it just might be the ticket. These fit the radius of the 26" wheel perfectly.

The best brake shoe period.

On: 2008-07-10

This brake shoes are just amazing. If you think that your V-brakes need some work or you are thinking of upgrading try the Kool Stop you will not be disappointed. I do mountain biking and it made a great difference on downhills. They are not disc brakes but they are the closest you will get to them.

Great for my road bike, fits 700c rims perfectly

On: 2008-06-05

With the brake shoes that came on my road bike I couldnt lock up my rear wheel and going down hills I had to squeeze the brakes as hard as I could just to keep from going too fast.

With these Kool Stop pads I can lock up my rear wheel with one finger on flat, dry ground. Most of a bicycles braking power comes from the front wheel and one finger can bring me to an emergency stop.

These dramatically reduce the distance needed to stop.

Another benefit of using these is that I didnt need to buy new brakes, just the shoes.

These shoes are recommended on Sheldon Browns website.

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On: 2008-02-08

I hated these pads at first, but after I played with them for a while they seem to work okay.... I grow tired of v-brakes and am thinking of putting some discs on my trek 4300

Curvature seems excessive for 700 cm rim

On: 2007-12-13

I never had to change a pad on my old ten speed despite a quarter century of use. I was surprised that I had to replace pads on my new road bike after a couple years. These pads seem to have a consistently predictable moderate amount of grab, and make me feel I have things under control when Im going down a steep hill. The amount of grab is very similar to an old ten speed, so I expect they probably will substantially outlast most modern pads. Unfortunately, their curvature is not really a good match for a 700 cm wheel, so I have to disagree with Sheldon Browns bike shop when it suggests that these are not mountain bike specific. On a 700 cm wheel, the center sits high and the tips sit low. The bike shop may be right that this is the worlds best brake pad, but at some point I may be switching over to Kool Stops shimano compatible holders and pads just to be rid of the curvature mismatch.

Kool Stop brakes

On: 2007-08-04

Last much longer than factory brake pads. Very good stopping power. A little noisy when cold of wet but still stop very well even if wet.

Great Brake Shoes

On: 2006-10-11

Wow, I just put on my new Kool Stop brake shoes and they work great! They are quiet and do not take as much force to stop. A real improvement over the OEM Trek shoes that came on the bike.

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