Compound. I had the same clearance problem with Koolstop one piece molded pads. I just flipped them around so the long side faces forward & gained enough clearance to easily remove the front wheel. Can't detect any difference in braking performance with V-brakes. Do NOT try this with cartridge pads!
dougP On Monday, October 26, 2015 at 11:38:43 AM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > I have a new pair of new long orange pads on my Trek, but found they > crowded the tire removal because they bumped up against the fork when > opened. I swapped them out for a shorter black pair from a TeKtro and was > not happy with the braking. So, I wonder, how much of the difference is > the length and how much is the compound? I assume the carriers are > different but haven't looked closely at that. > > Michael > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
