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CSS rim for 26 inch heavyweight tourer - any still available?

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in4:

--- Quote from: RobD on July 23, 2024, 09:10:40 PM ---Thanks yes - have already got those swissstop blue ones for my current front CSS rim.

I want a Son dyno hub front wheel build now - and was hoping to have another CSS rim for that build - but it looks like it is now more practical to get standard braking surface on a new rim (and hence standard brake pads)

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I use one with a sinewave USB Revolution. Works well for me. Particularly like being able to charge my Garmin GPS direct from it.

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/dynamos/sinewave-cycles-revolution-usb-dynamo-powered-charging-device/

UKTony:
I use these brake pads on the standard front wheels on my Mk2 Nomad and Mk2 Mercury and the rim wear is minimal.

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/brake-blocks/swissstop-rx-plus-black-cartridge-brake-inserts/


On the Nomad I converted to disc at the back after the rim needed replacing but since discovering these SwissStop pads I’ve been contemplating going back to the V brake for ease of maintenance. Not tried the KoolStop Salmon ones that Dan recommends but might have a go sometime.

mickeg:
I use the Koolstop Salmon pads on a couple different bikes with normal rims but not on my CSS rims on my Nomad Mk II.

Very happy with the Salmon pads.

il padrone:

--- Quote from: UKTony on July 23, 2024, 11:12:36 PM ---On the Nomad I converted to disc at the back after the rim needed replacing but since discovering these SwissStop pads I’ve been contemplating going back to the V brake for ease of maintenance. Not tried the KoolStop Salmon ones that Dan recommends but might have a go sometime.

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I am still running the 13-year old CSS Andra 30 rims. I converted to disc brakes about 4 years ago and I would never go back. I had to with the front brake for as couple of months due to fork issues, but I have found the hydraulic discs to be SO much more powerful and easier to run with. The maintenance has been minimal. I have only had to change the brake pads once at each end. I would never willingly change back to rim brakes.

mickeg:

--- Quote from: in4 on July 23, 2024, 09:03:14 PM ---...
Thinking outloud I was wonderfing if at some point I might have to fit a rear disc to my MK2 Nomad CSS rear rim. Logic would suggest that if CSS rims become unavailable then CSS brake blocks will too, perhaps with a bit of a time lag allowing for stocks to reduce.

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I think the logic is that after you have worn out one set of CSS brake pads, that your rims are smooth enough that you can then safely run different pads.

When I bought my CSS rims a decade ago, SJS did not have the blue pads in stock, only the Koolstop CSS pads.  I think I have one set of Koolstop pads on the shelf so I can change pads on one wheel which is my plan. 

My other wheel would get normal pads.  Not sure which wheel would get a second set of CSS pads and which would get normal pads, but that is a few years away so not going to think about that now.

If that does not work out or becomes a problem, then I would probably put on different rims, since I have wished I had wider rims on my Nomad Mk II.

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