kalex":tv5w6yj1 said:I may add that I'm not the lightest either so that doesn't help with stopping.
Don't the kool stop pads squeal as I'm sure I remember years back a few complaints
hamster":2agmxe1x said:Squealing is caused by a lack of toe-in and/or slack in the brake arm. The over-complicated and pointless parallel push V-brakes from Shimano screeched even with blocks made of wet spaghetti.
A neat upgrade for post-mount cantis is to fit cartridge holders that take the slim blocks like v-brakes. That saves fiddly realignment of the pad mid-wear.
Avoid Shimano pads- they are incredibly abrasive.