Originally Posted by
smd4
My guess is the new pads won't help noticeably, but I hope I'm wrong. Older side-pulls are just not all that great. Dedhed had it right about installing dual-pivots--even cheap ones. Compressionelss housing will make them even better.
kool stop salmon in my experience can make a huge difference, I have seen this with multiple sidepulls
dual pivot is certainly better, but IMHO older side pulls were not as bad as you seem to think. higher end are better as always, I have had good results with dura ace 7400, ultegra tricolor and universal 88 among others
I personally would stick with the all orange pads