NovemberDave wrote:charlieboy52000 wrote:The Al33 with the ceramic coating is not good. My Reynolds brake better and pads last years!!!
The pads on the AL33 are almost gone with 100miles!!! And the braking is not that big of a deal.
Is their ceramic better? I read some reviews about it and they were not that good.
Honestly I don't think the whole ceramic coating thing is founded.
My old aluminum clinchers brake better than these with the ceramic coating.
I forgot to mention that the cornering with these is superb. My only beef is the brake pad wearing rate.
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...If you carefully bed the pads in as you would do on a set of disc brakes, the pad wear is less even from the beginning.
Bedding the pads. I'm sorry I don't understand the term. Do you mean making sure that contact is being made properly between the pads and the braking surface? I'm anal about this things and I quadruple check everything specially braking since it could mean life or death.
In all honesty I'm going to order another set of pads although I have some zipp pads brand new that I might use.
I haven't been able to find their pads on the web. I'm going to go with your suggestion of pads and see what happens.
In all truth I have never ever seen pads wear so fast. The surface is acting as sand paper on the pads. I still have pads from my 105 days on aluminum rims that are usable. My Reynolds blue pads are still at half life and I put 12-14hrs of riding a week for 3 years. I live in Miami which is really flat. No need to brake much here compared to hilly terrain. These pads are half gone with 2 rides. 60miles and 42 miles. That is an issue Dave or poor engineering. Do you expect any pads to be chAnged after 200 miles, while having average braking performance? I find this difficult to afford if every month you have to pay around $30 for pads.
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