Brake shoes

[johnridley]

The brake shoes on my bike were looking very thin, but when I removed them to replace them yesterday, they still mic'd at just a hair over 3mm, which is the replacement point. I'll leave them in for a while longer. It looks like they went in somewhere around 11,800 miles, and I'm at 14,500 now, so probably 3000 miles on a set. Of course, the ones I'm replacing it with are generics, not Avids, so they may wear differently.

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[johnridley.livejournal.com]

I've used koolstop, I'm now running Nashbar shoes with replacable pads. I don't notice that much difference.
These pads re on the front, for my discs. There's no comparison, the discs are much better brakes than the rims. Also as you know, rim brakes for my ride are death on the rims; within a mile the pads (and the rest of the brakes) are coated with sand, and it doesn't take long to wreck a rim when you're sandpapering it every time you touch the brakes.

Most of the time rim brakes are OK, but once in a while they'll have ice on them or something, and they'll be almost nonexistant. It only takes that happening once to convince you of the need for something better.