Brade pad question

[cinema]

I've been running a set of veloce brakes that I got NOS about a year ago and several times over the course of the year I started to notice something grinding on the rim whenever I would brake. Upon disassembling the brake I always find it to be the same problem; little shards of junk/metal/earth etc are lodged in the brake pad and i have to pick them out with a tweezer. Is this common? are the brake pads just low quality?

[oliver1850]

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[Dave]

I've had Record pads from 2008 with this problem. The pads were always gritty sounding and they kept picking up aluminum from the rims. I even had little specks welded to the rim, that I had to scrape off. This was all in dry conditions. I trashed those brand new pads and put on some koolstop salmon colored pads.

I bought another pair of Record brakes in 2009 and had none of the gritty sound or metal particle grabbing.

[oliver1850]

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[Pete Serotta]

New CAMPY pads or Swiss Stop ones are worth looking at.

[Dave]

Interesting, Dave. I've been running Campy since 2000, on several different bikes. Haven't ever had the problem. Maybe it could be a combination of the pads with certain rims.

I was using Fulcrum Zero (Campy made) wheels.

[Pete Serotta]

Also went to Koolstop ones and it seems to not be happening....Fall/Rain riding in Vt will let me know. PETE ( I had OPEN PRO - MAVIC)


I've had Record pads from 2008 with this problem. The pads were always gritty sounding and they kept picking up aluminum from the rims. I even had little specks welded to the rim, that I had to scrape off. This was all in dry conditions. I trashed those brand new pads and put on some koolstop salmon colored pads.

I bought another pair of Record brakes in 2009 and had none of the gritty sound or metal particle grabbing.

[Ahneida Ride]

get Kool Stops ...

there are a no brainier ... Salmon works great !

OEM pads generally suck.

[oldpotatoe]

I've been running a set of veloce brakes that I got NOS about a year ago and several times over the course of the year I started to notice something grinding on the rim whenever I would brake. Upon disassembling the brake I always find it to be the same problem; little shards of junk/metal/earth etc are lodged in the brake pad and i have to pick them out with a tweezer. Is this common? are the brake pads just low quality?

Trundle on down to a good hardware store and get a rasp..use it to take the metal shards outta the pads.

[Ken Robb]

Trundle on down to a good hardware store and get a rasp..use it to take the metal shards outta the pads.

I use a dental pick that's also good for cleaning guns.