Nimble Crosswinds and cork brakes??

[Brian Drake]

A buddy let me borrow his Crosswinds for IM Germany. When I took the bike
into the shop to get it tuned up before I leave the States, the shop told me
I had to buy 'cork' brakes or the pads I had on the bike (brand new) would
overheat and thus shred the carbon wheels, potentially causing the wheels to
fail and thus crash or ruin the wheels. Oh by the way he added, you can't
ride cork brake pads in the rain or they'll disintegrate....
now another buddy of mine says this is
BS, that he has been riding his Crosswinds for years with normal pads....
should I bag the Nimbles and opt for my normal wheels for the race??
HELP!!!!

 

[Bob Schwartz]

Brian Drake <[email protected]> wrote:
> A buddy let me borrow his Crosswinds for IM Germany. When I took the bike
> into the shop to get it tuned up before I leave the States, the shop told me
> I had to buy 'cork' brakes or the pads I had on the bike (brand new) would
> overheat and thus shred the carbon wheels, potentially causing the wheels to
> fail and thus crash or ruin the wheels. Oh by the way he added, you can't
> ride cork brake pads in the rain or they'll disintegrate....
> now another buddy of mine says this is
> BS, that he has been riding his Crosswinds for years with normal pads....
> should I bag the Nimbles and opt for my normal wheels for the race??
> HELP!!!!

Grasshoper,

Consult a search engine and all will be revealed.

If that doesn't work consult the all knowing Kurgan.
He will give you the direction you deserve.

Bob Schwartz
[email protected]

 

[Steven L. Sheffield]

On 06/28/2005 08:21 PM, in article
%[email protected], "Brian Drake"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> A buddy let me borrow his Crosswinds for IM Germany. When I took the bike
> into the shop to get it tuned up before I leave the States, the shop told me
> I had to buy 'cork' brakes or the pads I had on the bike (brand new) would
> overheat and thus shred the carbon wheels, potentially causing the wheels to
> fail and thus crash or ruin the wheels. Oh by the way he added, you can't
> ride cork brake pads in the rain or they'll disintegrate....
> now another buddy of mine says this is
> BS, that he has been riding his Crosswinds for years with normal pads....
> should I bag the Nimbles and opt for my normal wheels for the race??
> HELP!!!!


Nimble recommends the green Kool-Stop Z-Chromium (for ceramic rims) pads.

http://www.nimble.net/subpages/brakepads.html




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[Bob Schwartz]

Steven L. Sheffield <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nimble recommends the green Kool-Stop Z-Chromium (for ceramic rims) pads.

> http://www.nimble.net/subpages/brakepads.html

You make a good search engine!

Bob Schwartz
[email protected]

 

[Bill Lloyd]

On 2005-06-28 19:21:47 -0700, "Brian Drake" <[email protected]> said:

> A buddy let me borrow his Crosswinds for IM Germany. When I took the bike
> into the shop to get it tuned up before I leave the States, the shop told me
> I had to buy 'cork' brakes or the pads I had on the bike (brand new) would
> overheat and thus shred the carbon wheels, potentially causing the wheels to
> fail and thus crash or ruin the wheels. Oh by the way he added, you can't
> ride cork brake pads in the rain or they'll disintegrate....
> now another buddy of mine says this is
> BS, that he has been riding his Crosswinds for years with normal pads....
> should I bag the Nimbles and opt for my normal wheels for the race??
> HELP!!!!
>
I personally recommend appropriate pads with CF rims. Overheating the
pads causes sub-par braking performance.

roadrash.jpg

 

[Robert Chung]

Bill Lloyd wrote:
>
> I personally recommend appropriate pads with CF rims. Overheating the
> pads causes sub-par braking performance.
>
> roadrash.jpg

http://www.altovelo.org/rr01/images/roadrash.jpg

 

[Ewoud Dronkert]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:49:20 +0200, Robert Chung wrote:
>> roadrash.jpg
>
> http://www.altovelo.org/rr01/images/roadrash.jpg

For me it's always the elbow
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/cycling/bruisednaked.jpg
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/cycling/bruisednaked2.jpg

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[Robert Chung]

Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
>
> For me it's always the elbow

http://www.bravesoldier.com/healing_gallery.htm

(Never tried the stuff)

 

[Mike Murray]

Should anyone need any of these let me know as I have extras.

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"Steven L. Sheffield" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:BEE7DF5C.2085D%[email protected]...
> On 06/28/2005 08:21 PM, in article
> %[email protected], "Brian Drake"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> A buddy let me borrow his Crosswinds for IM Germany. When I took the
>> bike
>> into the shop to get it tuned up before I leave the States, the shop told
>> me
>> I had to buy 'cork' brakes or the pads I had on the bike (brand new)
>> would
>> overheat and thus shred the carbon wheels, potentially causing the wheels
>> to
>> fail and thus crash or ruin the wheels. Oh by the way he added, you can't
>> ride cork brake pads in the rain or they'll disintegrate....
>> now another buddy of mine says this is
>> BS, that he has been riding his Crosswinds for years with normal pads....
>> should I bag the Nimbles and opt for my normal wheels for the race??
>> HELP!!!!
>
>
> Nimble recommends the green Kool-Stop Z-Chromium (for ceramic rims) pads.
>
> http://www.nimble.net/subpages/brakepads.html
>
>
>
>
> --
> Steven L. Sheffield
> stevens at veloworks dot com
> bellum pax est libertas servitus est ignoratio vis est
> ess ay ell tea ell ay kay ee sea eye tee why you ti ay aitch
> aitch tee tea pea colon [for word] slash [four ward] slash double-you
> double-yew double-ewe dot veloworks dot com [foreword] slash
>
>

 

[John Forrest Tomlinson]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:54:01 -0700, "Mike Murray"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Should anyone need any of these let me know as I have extras.

700C tubulars for Shiman cassette? I'm emailing you my mailing address
and please, let me at least pay for shipping.

JT


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[Donald Munro]

Robert Chung wrote:
>> http://www.altovelo.org/rr01/images/roadrash.jpg

Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
> For me it's always the elbow
> http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/cycling/bruisednaked.jpg
> http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/cycling/bruisednaked2.jpg

You must be one of the rbr researchers attempting to validate the
adrenaline theory.