New skyways stopping in about a mile

[adeshere]

So,i have some new tuffs and original skyway freestyle tuff pads and the braking is crap

I seem to remember something about ruffing the rim or brake pads with sand paper or similar

Is this right ?

[RATTY]

Dont attack the rims
Are the shoes toed in correctly!!!
Ie: do they meet up square when you pull the brake!

[othomas2]

Yes, I've heard lightly sanding the pads will help.

Also heard that rubbing coca cola onto the rims/pads is also good for stopping power. 

[priv]

i heard that if you squirt cillit bang on the brake surface that works aswell


priv

[gavking]

As ratty says toe the pads in they will work a lot better dont sand rims or put coke on them unless they are chrome!!!
Tuffs dont work with coke but a night out goes a hole lot better.

[theRuler]

what brakes are you using?

and are you using a gyro?

[oberonspacefruit]

use the new type skyway pads available from alans. theyre dear but work well, especially with an acs boa.

[OrgasmDonor]

coke does work fantastically on tuffs, tuff pads imo are overated on tuffs, diacompe brake blocks (the red ones) work well as do oddysey pads

[ORB]

old pads will be dry and cack

non stoppy type pads is what you have.

try the Adidas Gazelle jammed in the tyre first, its the real OS brake block

[beard1973]

coke does work fantastically on tuffs, tuff pads imo are overated on tuffs, diacompe brake blocks (the red ones) work well as do oddysey pads

I got dia-compe ones on my recently built Aero Reflex... they work pretty good...

[fLA]

Hi,
Iīm new in Forum.
But I also have that braking problem on TUFF II.

"now" Iīm using Tuff pad "type"... and also brake in a mile away... 

My wheels are black, can I use other color of genuine tuff pads and have no braking marks on the wheel?
I read that some people have "no brakes" even with Genuine skyway pads...

I have Dia Compe MX FS880F/901R brakeset.

The new Tuff pads are more eficient than the old one?



are those one better than... this ones (below)



or use the original Dia-compe pads (light brown color padsm, with Dia-compe emboss)?

Do the 1st image pads fit in my brakeset? or only V or U brakes?

My project frame is a GT ProPerformer 1985/6. (rear brake on the upper side of the frame)

I don t recall my original GT PP in 1986 also with tuff II wheels braking so bad. (I only got more 15kg of weight since, now Iīm 85kg and 35 years old...  )

I need some help to in this issue.

regards, fLAVIO

[OrgasmDonor]

all diff colour skyway pads will leave a mark, but red on black is less noticable, the second pic of pads you got a great, the brakes you got should be fine but use em for a couple of days n re pull the cable thro to take up the stretch it will have incurred, this will minimise flex n the brakes will bite better.

[Vegan]

In my opinion, spoked wheels stop a whole load better than skyways due to the weight of them, also you could try a smaller brake - i.e. a 900 instead of 1000 - I had 520's on my Peugeot 401 BMX and it nearly damn threw me off...

[pickle]

my lads has the green Hombre fiesta type bloks on his new Tuffs and they take his spleen out when he pulls the levers!   

mind you he is only 2 stone soaking wet! 

[aerostylie]

Liking this thread, very useful, I didn't realise you could use Dia Compe brake blocks on mags...mmm gonna try that 2nite.

I did buy some of these for my Zytecs but don't do anything in stopping 


However I can fully recommend these, had no probs so far


Paul

[QUADROPHENIA]

stick in the spokes works a treat

[fLA]

EHhehehehe 

The more I read.. the more confuse I get.
the opinion are very diferent...

..some says that the regular genuine Skyway pads.. rulez!!!!
and others says that the new generation pads rulez...

I have the "Type" pads ... I don t know if they are cool stop... but they sucks...

I remember that in the old days I didnt  have those problem... it was fitting them and thatīs it.
maybe the "rubber" dont remain the same with time... passing by.

I will try the new gen of pads... and then... I will try whatever black pads in market.. since its a Black wheel...
and letīs see what happen. 

cheers,
fLAVIO

[pickle]

no the diference between back then and now is you weigh 10 stone more!

[fLA]

no the diference between back then and now is you weigh 10 stone more!

thatīs the very true.
fLAVIO