Rob wrote:
> Thanks...do I need to buy a certain type of pad then ? or just use new break
> pads when I use the zipp carbon rim wheel ?
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> Thanks
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> Rob
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>>>Thanks
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>>>Rob
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>>Yes, if the braking surface is carbon. The biggest no-no is using the same
>>pad on an aluminum rim, then a carbon rim. The brake blocks pick up teeny
>>pieces of metal which can tear up the carbon rim.
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Zipp and others make special for carbon blocks but just about anything
will work, just be eaten up quickly. Zipp contends that Campag blocks,
the standard ones, are bad since they make for a lot of heat.