SwissStop FlashPro GHP-2 Pads

Today's post isn't really a first impressions or a review seeing as I just got them and they just went onto my bike, it's more like hey this is something that I've heard great things about.  These probably weren't on my list of things I would expect to upgrade I mean, stopping was never really ever an issue for me on my mountain bike.  I was going down home road the other day and when I had to stop to yield to some pedestrians I came to the horrible realization that I couldn't actually come to a stop.  I ordered brake pads a while ago and they finally shipped so of course straight on they went to the bike.

They come in a few different versions, these are the "FlashPro" which means it's just the pads if you already have the metal block which are the shoes.  If you get the "Full" version it includes the metal blocks and they can also charge you lots more. Changing them out is relatively easy, simpler then when we swapped them on Simon's bike because the pin's kinda finnicky but it's cool to learn how to start wrenching.  Other things that I noticed is that they're quite a bit softer than my Shimano ones were and apparently they still last a very long time so we'll see.  I'm a huge fan of SwissStop giving you some extra wear by making them thicker, but man is it ever hard to get them aligned with enough clearance on either side.  They're closer to the brake track when the brakes are fully open, then when the Shimano ones were fully closed.  So thats it, short post on new gear for the bike, heading out for a ride tommorow so we shall see how they work.

~Cheers