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It just dawned on me...
Now, the brake blocks used on carbon wheels aren't supposed to be used with alu wheelsets for a few reasons:
It hasn't happened to me yet, but what do you guys do in the event of a tubie flat on carbon rims? Do you just have more than one set of carbon tubies for races as your spare pit set? Do you use the same pads for both wheelsets? What do you do?
Now, the brake blocks used on carbon wheels aren't supposed to be used with alu wheelsets for a few reasons:
- braking performance (carbon pads are better on carbon rims)
- wheel wear (small shards of metal from the alu rim could hose the carbon brake surface)
It hasn't happened to me yet, but what do you guys do in the event of a tubie flat on carbon rims? Do you just have more than one set of carbon tubies for races as your spare pit set? Do you use the same pads for both wheelsets? What do you do?