Teigyr, I will p.m you about a Cascade ride this weekend. I have the Kool-Stop pads on my mountain bike. The kind where you just slip our the pad and shove a new one in without having to reposition the whole brake again. Funny thing, the other day I took my Soma road bike to the shop where I bought it because I needed some new rear brakes and the guy tried to put on the Kool-Stops but said they wouldn't fit. The little nut that hold the brake on wouldn't go through the slot in the Shimano centerpull(?) brake mechanism. I was bummed. I hope to give it another go in the future.