RyanRs Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 i have got so desperate on money this past 2 months, i have not been able to fund my bike.. it is in desperate need of new brake pads, as i have killed me plazzies and now killed me *Emergancy Use Only* Std maggy black pads too.. but, Good news about the black pads... as once you reach the Plastic backing (as i now have) , they actually work a dam lot better (Y) so, for my next and last desperation for a working back brake till i can afford £15 for some new pads, i think ill join 2 plastic backings togeather for each side and use them! just fort id let u all know that :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Drewery Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 What? Youre running plastic on your rim? Thats crazy, are you sure they work well. (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swize Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 www.heatsinkbikes.com The blue pads are just so awsome and for £10 you can't go wrong ! (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_rob2@hotmail.com Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Crazy mutha hucker!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 THis guy has no idea whats hes on about, lol ive done that as an emergancie and it was shit, pedal power proves more relable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsguru Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 hmm heatsink blues, dont think ill be trying them after yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Plasic brake pads, nah. Can't work wont work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 but standard black pads..... (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 With tar and a grind, i can see standard blacks working. But not the plastic backing. Its probably got as much grip as toothpaste (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQuiT-man Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Is it true that coust pads are made of plastic, not rubber like most other pads? They are the best pads Ive ever used! Running them at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 hmm heatsink blues, dont think ill be trying them after yesterday (Y) Nah mate, most pads are made from plastic, is just pretty soft plastic, buy it in big ass sheets and cut it to fit the backings. Plazmatics rock my socks, best pads I have ever owned, except possibly Monty X-Hydras, they were pretty noice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Is it true that coust pads are made of plastic, not rubber like most other pads? Most pads are made from Polyurethane, not rubber. Performance comes down to the grade/hardness etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siders77 Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Plazmatics rock my socks, best pads I have ever owned, This man knows the score! (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Until Plazmatics meet Mr.Rain, then you're ass f**ked. Black magura pads? on backings? Even superman couldnt get that set-up to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Most pads are made from Polyurethane, not rubber. Performance comes down to the grade/hardness etc. polyurethane like scat board wheels are made from?? (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 polyurethane like scat board wheels are made from?? (Y) Stop saying scat, it doesn't mean shit, it means pornography involving waste materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 (edited) so in theory if i got some scat board wheels and put them in v backings they would work well as pads?? obviousley not the whole wheel (Y) Edited October 10, 2005 by mathuds0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 so in theory if i got some scat board wheels and put them in v backings they would work well as pads?? obviousley not the whole wheel :P No, because as Ad said (and I told you earlier (Y)), it's about the compound, not just the fact it's made of PU. Heatsink blues didn't do it for me. Don't work in the wet, didn't work all the time in the dry, and didn't work for any lenght of time (half pad gone in 3 hours riding...). Woo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Stop saying scat, it doesn't mean shit, it means pornography involving waste materials. thats how i spell skate. deal with it (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRs Posted October 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 (edited) Im sorry everyone. guess im a Phsycopathic scitzafrenic (sp?) for saying my plastic backings work better than my black pads. Guess next time i notice something like this , ill keep it to myself, rather than share it with you load of critizing tossers. may i ask exactly Who has even tryed using the backings out of all of thoes that just called me a liar?? i guess the fact that my brake is now harder to slip than when i had pad material , must just be a figure of my imagination. -supose i should have mentioned i have a medium grind and use mild tar.. but being as u lot are so clever , i fort you would have guessed that. bet if my name was craig lee scott or benito ross, you would all be thanking me of the info and all be out there trying it for yourselves. (Y) Edited October 12, 2005 by RyanRs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 (edited) bet if my name was craig lee scott or benito ross, you would all be thanking me of the info and all be out there trying it for yourselves. :P (Y) No we wouldn't. Dunno why yours is working so well, but i shouldn't. Mind you, anything is good compared to the blacks, maby try some heaskinks/plazmatics/zoo's and then you'll never look back. Edited October 11, 2005 by JT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 plaz in the wet = shit introduce mr grind into the equasion and we have a weiner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRs Posted October 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Too be honest, i sware by plazzies.... they are amazing.. im not really one for riding in the wet, so not bothered bout that.. just i wore me plazzies and cant really afford to be throwing bux at me bike at mo.. so i used the blacks as backup with a deeeeeep grind! thing is though, i find with plazzies, you tend to rely on the power of them.. and now i have been riding with shit brake for a couple of months , i have got used to it and can do all the stuff i used to with a working brake, just forces me to land on things properly, else ill fall back.. so in theory, wen i get me new plazzies, ill be griping to stuff much better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Yep, know what you mean. Felt like that going from Avid AD3 arms/levers with £3.50 V-brake pads to SD5 arms/SD7 levers with Fibrax reds back in the day (read: around 2001-2002 (Y)) You ride so much better when you have to land stuff precisely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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