Pink or black ( brakes that is )

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  • January 23, 2012 at 6:41 pm #910851
    Riley Casey
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    OK, salmon more than pink I suppose but what are the merits of salmon colored brake shoes over traditional black? Other than perhaps a different colored grime around the brake arms?

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  • January 23, 2012 at 6:59 pm #934958
    DaveK
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    The salmon-colored compound (at least the Kool Stop brand) pads are designed to maintain stopping power in wet conditions. I have them on two bikes and I’m a fan.

    January 23, 2012 at 7:00 pm #934959
    consularrider
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    The discussions I’ve seen on this topic are that the Koolstop salmons have better performance in wet conditions. I have used both with cantilever brakes on an older bike and have to say I never could tell the difference, but then those weren’t particularly stong brakes anyway.

    January 23, 2012 at 8:33 pm #934969
    Greenbelt
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    I’ve had much better luck with the salmon pads on my cross bike than whatever was on there before.

    January 23, 2012 at 9:38 pm #934971
    DaveK
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    The side benefit is that the brake dust is lighter-colored than with dark pads…

    January 23, 2012 at 10:45 pm #934975
    skreaminquadz
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    I also opted for the salmon kool stop pads over black for two of my bikes. They’re much better than that stock avid pads that were on my brakes before.

    January 24, 2012 at 1:27 am #934979
    CCrew
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    Salmons on everything but the new cross bike. So far the black SRAM pads on the Avid shorty ultimates I’m running on that do a great job.

    January 24, 2012 at 2:27 am #934983
    DaveK
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    @CCrew 13477 wrote:

    Salmons on everything but the new cross bike. So far the black SRAM pads on the Avid shorty ultimates I’m running on that do a great job.

    I like the pads that came with my SRAM calipers as well – I think SwissStop makes them. Haven’t tried them in the wet yet.

    January 24, 2012 at 4:47 am #934984
    elcee
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    The salmon Kool Stops, at least to me, are much more progressive than the blacks, which tend to be grabby in the dry. The salmons are also consistent in variable conditions.

    January 24, 2012 at 6:12 pm #935009
    baiskeli
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    Salmon shoes match my purse.

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