What brake blocks ?

[Retroms68]

Had some brake blocks in the 90s, they were black bodies , may have been magnesium im not sure , they had a cooling fin type back, had orange coloured pads. Anyone know what they were called please.... mike

 

[Err]

Scott/mathauser deluxe.

Modern salmon Koolstop use the same compound.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/brakeshoes.html

 

[Retroms68]

Cheers mate .. was startin to think only me heard of em.

 

[Err]

The Hot I bought came with the basic scott mathauser pads. They're excellent.

 

[Retroms68]

i fitted some of these bitd and the difference was awesome . Wonder if i could get hold of some ?

 

[pete_mcc]

I've got em on all my bikes : squeeeel-tastic! Not the cheapest blocks to find any more as the BMX guys go mad for them. Expect to pay £20 a set on ebay. The finned one was the 'Superbrake', there were cheaper, non-finned ones but they are loved by the retro tourer crowd and now command big buck too

 

[user7307]

The same company as Scott USA?

 

[Err]

Koolstop salmon use the same compound and are a good bit cheaper than the NOS Scott mathausers. Available for Vs, canti's, road calipers etc. That's what I plan to get when i next buy pads. If you read the sheldon page above you'll note koolstop made the blocks for Scott/mathauser bitd.

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=koolstop%20salmon

 

[Neil G]

Koolstops are good, I use them on my BMX AD990 and they stop well