wally Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 (edited) Hi, over the past weeks i have had a lot of questions asked, so i thought i better answer a few. As you may well know, RIMJAM purchased a large quantity of Power Pad backings. We have been playing around with many different compounds of rubber over the past few months. We are moulding the pads ourselves, so this gives the ability to change compounds quite easily, its just a case of trying to find small quantities to sample. So far we have not had massive success in finding a pad suitable for a ground rim. But 1 or 2 compounds do seem to preform very well on a smooth rim. So basically i am after a few good riders who run smooth rims, no tar, who would be willing to try a few pads for me. If you are interested, please leave a reply, along with what rim you are using. I am also aware of who needs pads through warrenty, and i appolagise once again, and will be sending them out asap. And another thing, i went on holiday and when i came back, my rimjam.com domain had expired and i am having trouble getting it working again, so it will not work as well as my email, (chris@rimjam.com) so if you would like to contact me, please use my msn email address. Thank you. :lol: Edited October 24, 2005 by wally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 I use a smooth Sun RhynoLite 24" if that's any help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Logan-Price Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 yo wally you know bout me just say im riding a onza rim :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy elephants Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 (edited) I could try some for you. I dont no what you mean by "good" riders, but i will be having to get a new rim in the next couple of weeks, so if i have got some good pads to use, then i'll hold back on grinding it :lol: I will be running an onza rim (26" if that makes a difference) Edited October 23, 2005 by fairy elephants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 I run smooth on front lol I can run smooth on back aswell if I don't tar it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 if you do get a compound thats suitable for a ground rim, i would be happy to help give feedback on its qualities and charachteristics. and maybe ideas on improvement... ta Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMunn Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 Sounds like some good stuff going on, I would be happy to sort some pads out to run on a clean rim ( finally! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 (edited) I'd love to try them, as i do have 3 pairs of broken rimjams sat in my room, it would be nice to have some rimjams that i can get at least a few months use out of. :lol: Running a koxx rim, very very dead grind, near enough smooth. Edited October 23, 2005 by JT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 My Try-All rim is physically incapable of holding a grind (after a week and a half, some parts had a mirror finish ^_^). Does that count? Blowing the metal dust off the rim after grinding it smoothed out some sections :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will4eva7k Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 i've purchased 4 pads a while back and all their clippings have broken, but they were really good pads while they were usable though im not really sure where u meant by 'good' riders, i'd be more than glad to test out the pads as i've got a couple bikes, both mod and stock, and a few rear wheels which i can use which includes: 26" ground echo rim 26" smooth echo rim 26" ground dx32 25" ground monty rim 20" ground dx32 20" smooth dx 32 for the front, i have smooth echo smooth sun rhyno lite smooth alex dm24 teny rim with a super light grind i thinks thats all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials_pimp Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Sorry to sound like a narsasistic Git. But I think I might be your biggest Critic. Having tried your pads 1st hand, and, sorry to say, Hating them, within 20 minutes of putting them on. Thats another story. Fair play to you in making them and all, hopefully these new pads/backings will work out for you. If your finding they are more succesfull, please let me know and I will withdraw my hatred for your product. But as you say, your not having much luck with ground rims. Not trying to put you down, a Little constructive critasism never hurt anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todge Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Chris has been trying since mid summer to get these compounds right, and has made various moulds thrughout that time. The ones I have had on my smooth rim have been awesome. Problem is, after braking, you can visibly see rubber left on the rim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukeee Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I'd be happy to test some for you. ...I'm Running a 26" Megamo(DX32) Drilled rim its smooth as f**k and my pads work shite... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxrider Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Well after using rimjam blues and the clip breaking, i did'nt really want to go back to rimjam, but of you want me to test them that maybe a diffrent story :lol: . I would'nt say I was a good rider but i'm not crap. Id be happy to help ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Problem is, after braking, you can visibly see rubber left on the rim. I'm using the Heatsink Konigs at the moment and they are the same as that, but the wear rate is good. I think in my case it's just when the pads are bedding in they lose material very fast, but once they're bedded in they are fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsriderjim Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 my rimjam cilps broke to .I wood be happy to test some pads for you im useing a a smooth roonie mod rim cheers jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich4130 Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I'm using the Heatsink Konigs at the moment and they are the same as that, but the wear rate is good. I think in my case it's just when the pads are bedding in they lose material very fast, but once they're bedded in they are fine. My plaz used to do the same when I had them on a smooth rim with a V. I also run a smooth rim front and rear, with kool-stops, on the rear, I'd be interested in a set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQuiT-man Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 (edited) Im running a project for my A-level physics that involves testing the braking performance and properties of different manufacturer's pads on a smooth rim, and will be writing off to all the different manufacturers soon, to get random sample pads of thier different compounds, prototype materials, etc (at the moment, the only competitors would be Magura Blacks, kool stops, and koxx bloxx browns, and some other pads that dont fare particularly well on a smooth rim, but soon to be more!). I also run a smooth front rim, and I d be willing to test pads after the project that way too :lol:. I may well be posting the results of the project on here if anyone is interested. If you are interested, PM me. Cheers, Scott Edited October 24, 2005 by SQuiT-man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Wow, thanks for all the replies, i will have a look through the posts and people's profiles and reply to Pm's and get back to you all. But people its not over yet, so keep coming. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 how come whenever i asked you about the vee pads on msn you would ignore me, i only wanted a predicted date for release and what rim conditions they would be suitible for and it wasn't as if i asked often. my first impression of you was arrogant tosser, but i may be wrong. now i can ask on here, what is going to be the expected realease date of the v brake pads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Cook Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I am running a super smooth alex dx32 rim at the mo mate. I am will to test some defo ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Sorry about that, i do not have much luck with email, and msn accounts. As it stands i want to concentrate on the maggie pads first, i did start work on the v-pads, but i have paused that for now. But when they do come out, i was thinking of having them available in the same compounds as the maggie pads, makes things at lot easier at my end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roozor Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I'm using a koxx/try-all 47mm smooth rim, with your green rimjam pads! Fairly good braking but i'd be interested to try some more! I'll write a little review :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 are the vees still going to be the standard fittings with the post etc, sans the cnc'd backing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 are the vees still going to be the standard fittings with the post etc, sans the cnc'd backing? The v-pads we started on, were standard. They were plastic with the metal post moulded into the backing. Then the pad glued into the backing, a bit like with the power pad backings. We never got a far as making the mould for the v-pads, as we have been making many different shaped moulds for the maggie pads. We now have three differnt moulds for the maggie pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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