New Campagnolo Bora One Tubular wheelset burning through brake pads

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mnmasotto
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by mnmasotto

I just installed a pair of 2015 Campagnolo Bora One Tubular wheels on my Colnago C60. I have the EE Cycleworks brakes with the Shimano pad holders. Since the included Campagnolo Carbon Brake pads a for Campagnolo Holders I kept the Swiss Stop Black Prince Pads on the brakes. I went on a 40 mile ride and must have used up about 40% of the pad material. Was a very mellow semi flat ride. Is this normal? Brake performance was excellent. Any suggestions.

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by Attermann

use the ones supplied with the wheels? i use the campagnolo brake pads for my reynolds wheels, they hold up pretty well.

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by nlouthan

Campagnolo sells the red pad designed for those wheels in Shimano format. Part number is BR-BO500X. Starbike has them in stock. $25.55

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by Calnago

^^ Why would you even consider anything else. The campy red pads are awesome, made with that brake surface in mind and wont void your warranty.
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by LionelB

And I also find them to last a very long time.

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by Calnago

agreed
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by superdx

Campy red pads are dramatically better than Black Prince. They bite super hard. Mine have been on a bike a year and I don't know if I've lost 1mm of pad material. Black Prince pads will void the warranty.

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by mnmasotto

Thanks All. I have Shimano brake holders on my EE Cycleworks Brakes. I could not find any in the shimano format. I will order them from Starbike!

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by graeme_f_k

mnmasotto wrote:Thanks All. I have Shimano brake holders on my EE Cycleworks Brakes. I could not find any in the shimano format. I will order them from Starbike!


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Graeme - it's always great to see (and learn from) your input into questions asked here at WW - thanks for your participation on this forum!

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by fogman

I agree with all the above comments. The Campagnolo Red pads are the only pads you should use on Bora wheels. Besides providing excellent braking, they also seem to be designed to keep the rim from overheating.


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fogman wrote:I agree with all the above comments. The Campagnolo Red pads are the only pads you should use on Bora wheels. Besides providing excellent braking, they also seem to be designed to keep the rim from overheating.
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I don't agree with the overheating comment. The brake's job is to convert potential energy (forces of gravity acting on the bike/rider) to kinetic energy (heat). If less heat is generated then where did the potential or kinetic energy go?

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