Eric, they are Riv recommended Kool Stop E-bike brake pads (73mm, but they come in 54mm too). Excellent pads! All part of my ongoing schemes and attempts to simulate the power of v-brakes on my side pull r559 brakes. I’m ready to have someone weld on some v-brake posts for that strong-enough-to-slow-this-heavy-guy-on-a-bike v-brake goodness. But these are as good as it gets in the meantime, and they’re very good pads. I also use compression less brake cable housing, also helps at the margins.
>From https://www.rivbike.com/products/brake-pads-kool-stop-e-bike : “A guy who builds up tons of bikes asked me if I’d ever tried Kool-Stop e-bike brake pads, and of course not. Who’s going to do that out of the blue? I don’t replace brake pads until I hear the metal holders touching the rim, anyway. The guy, Chris C., is not a raver and wasn’t pushy, but he seemed bursting with sincere enthusiasm for these pads, which he said are smooth and quiet and stop fantastically well, so we got samples, and holy cow. I think these are as good as brake pads get, and I suspect they’re really the best in the world. The 73mm V-brake pads are thicker than most V-brake pads—probably so you don’t blow through skinny ones on rim-braked eBikes—and that’s another bonus. You can use the V-brake pads-with-holders on sidepulls, too.” On Saturday, 10 July 2021 at 06:34:27 UTC-7 EricP wrote: > Thanks! Hmm. That gives me some other tire ideas. What else are folks > using for 700x45c tires? Don't have a lot of options near me, so what to > see what others are using. > > Also, Abe, what are those brake pad holders? Looks like larger mountain > bike one on the Tektro 559. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Friday, July 9, 2021 at 5:42:31 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > >> I run RH Snoqualmie Pass (700c x 44) that really run closer to 41mm. Fit >> fine without fenders. I tried running a set of Oracle Ridge (700c x 47). >> They fit, but it was hard getting them past the brake calipers (even with >> the cable fully slack). >> >> On Friday, July 9, 2021 at 3:14:02 PM UTC-7 Pancake wrote: >> >>> Maybe I'm just happy to see a similar Sam (double TT!), but I can also >>> confirm that my Schwalbe G-One Allround tires fit at 700x45 - even with the >>> little knobbies on the Allround tire. I wouldn't go bigger than that >>> really, maybe 47 or 48mm slick tires would fit well enough but leave very >>> little space between the rubber and the paint. >>> [image: IMG_5677.jpg] >>> [image: IMG_4510a.jpg] >>> [image: IMG_4451.jpg][image: IMG_4453.jpg] >>> Take care, >>> Abe >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, 7 July 2021 at 17:05:21 UTC-7 EricP wrote: >>> >>>> Had been contemplating putting bigger tires on the Hillborne, but >>>> wasn't sure what would fit. After doing some research, realized that it >>>> would take 700x45c without a problem. So then started looking. Well, it >>>> turns out my Clem Smith Jr. was shipped with a set of 700x45c tires. Did >>>> the swap. While not a huge fan of them on the Clem, they are more than >>>> adequate for the Hillborne. Also swapped the bars to Soma Oxford and put >>>> the sneaker pedals back on. Still a bit of tweaking to do (lower saddle, >>>> lower stem and less downward tilt to the bars). Oh, and for good measure >>>> put the Nitto front rack back on along with the Sackville bag. >>>> >>>> Overall things seem to work. A 10 mile ride showed there weren't any >>>> things that seemed totally out of place. Well see how long this setup >>>> lasts. (Probably until Billie or Tosco bars are back in stock). >>>> >>>> Eric Platt >>>> St. Paul, MN >>>> >>>> [image: Sam Hillborne 7 7 21.jpg] >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e42cc291-c83c-4c94-b15c-2d239d6590f2n%40googlegroups.com.
