Germany_chris

I'm an aluminum wheel guy since I'm not fast nor will I ever be fast, I'm the 32 3x guy that wears wool and talks about all the stuff I say on my latest tour carrying x pounds of junk. I have a bike at my real home that I use for fun and to relieve stress by riding up hills on repeats or riding in places that a hard tail mountain bike would be appropriate. Right now the bike has my default wheels set, fat aluminum wheels with a dynamo and boutique hub in the rear but last monday I decided to lose my mind and ordered these (https://www.elite-wheels.com/product...ramic-bearing/) along with (https://www.renehersecycles.com/shop...38-steilacoom/) the wheels pretty much based on Hambini and the tires because I ride RH extra lights on everything.

While thats the long version of I bought cheap Chinese wheels in a effort to lighten my steel bike because "it's easier to lighten the bike than the rider" I would like to actually stop. Koolstop salmon or dual compound are my aluminum wheel default choice what is the Paul mini V carbon wheels brake pad choice?

terrymorse 

I use the blue Reynolds pads made for my Reynolds wheels.

But a lot of people report liking the SwissStop yellow pads.

Koyote

You're gonna put those on a Surly, right?

I love it!

Germany_chris

It's going on this Surly, it weighs 11kg built like this, if i remove the lighting, change the wheels, swap the saddle, and swap the bars/seat post, I should be able to save a kilo. This bike is a play bike so I should be able to save some weight and create a training bike.

3alarmer 

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...those wheels say they have carbon spokes. You are well beyond help, and are now in the abandon hope gateway arch.

cxwrench

I would never use SS yellow pads on a clincher wheel. I'd use their Black Prince pads or the grey Zipp Tangente pads all day every day. Or Enve.

DangerousDanR

How much of a monster do you want to create, Dr. F? I have been very pleased with the Campagnolo Red carbon brake pads. I know they make them for Shimano brakes. I don't know if your pad holders are the ones they fit.

If the stars are aligned and you want to see how expensive those cheap wheels can get, try the Campagnolo pads for Shimano brakes on carbon wheels.

terrymorse 

Interesting. How do these two SwissStop pads differ (besides the color)?

GhostRider62

From my experience, the Yellow pads give off a nasty smell that makes me cough when braking hard when dry and seem to stop a little better than the Prince in the dry but the Prince are better in the wet than the Yellow. For those reasons, I use Prince pads.

cxwrench

They seem to hold heat longer than the black pads so they can contribute to heat damage on carbon rims. It's always a good idea to use pad holders that have holes in the back to relieve heat build up as well.

terrymorse 

Thanks, I figured the difference between those pads was mostly cosmetic.

But being a thermal engineer (retired), I question the "hole in the brake pad holder" idea. If the holder's made of aluminum, it's going to be an excellent conductor of heat. More aluminum in contact with brake pad material is a good thing. Conduction pad-to-aluminum-to-air is going to be quite efficient.

gravelfan

The black prince pads squeal like a disembowled animal on my carbon wheels. The yellow pads were much quieter. Ridng in the rain on carbon wheels and rim brakes here in the Sierras is a combination I don't ever want to try.

tFUnK

Me, too. I've also used some generic cork pads that, apart from wearing out pretty quickly, seem to do an okay job of stopping me on long descents. The Reynolds Blues work better but sometimes they squeal. No comment on wet weather performance.

Koyote

You have a great way with words.

cxwrench

Interesting. I wonder if any engineers were involved in then pad holders w/ holes design.

UnCruel 

Probably, and taking orders from the marketing folks.

greatscott

Koolstop Salmon are the best for AL rims, and the best for any weather condition, plus they last virtually forever; those have been around for many years, going back to at the mid 70's though they were called Scott Mathhauser back then, but they worked excellently back then and they still do today, there is no need to mess with perfection.

Germany_chris

I’m looking for the salmon equivalent for carbon rims

cxwrench

That's great but as they OP mentioned in the very first post...he's looking for pads for CARBON rims.

As I posted previously either Swissstop Black Prince or Zipp Tangente grey.

Germany_chris

Thanks for the recommendations because I'm a simple guy I ordered these (https://www.paulcomp.com/shop/servic...im-brake-pads/) they're Koolstop and will fit my brakes, if i'm not satisfied I'll order some that fit in the Koolstop shoes.