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From: meister@linus.UUCP (Phillip W. Servita)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Squeaky brakes: some pad brands squeak more than others
Message-ID: <565@linus.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 14:50:40 EDT
Article-I.D.: linus.565
Posted: Thu Sep 19 14:50:40 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Sep-85 11:27:30 EDT
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Reply-To: meister@linus.UUCP (Philip W. Servita)
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
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>This might sound like silly witchcraft, but red brake shoes don't squeak
>nearly as much as black ones, all other things being equal. 

>                   ...I think there's something about the formulation 
>of the black rubber that makes it more prone to squeaking. 
>	Brian Reid	decwrl!glacier!reid
>	Stanford	reid@SU-Glacier.ARPA

Red brake pads also dont scratch the rims as much. There IS something
different in the formulation, at least for Dia-Compe and Mafac pads.
Dont know much about Kool-Stop.

                                            -the venn buddhist


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