Quote Originally Posted by jobob View Post
The switch to the Kool Stop pads and the astonishing (for me) discovery that I could easily get way down into the drops and brake/descend well from there happened almost simultaneously.

Although I'm pretty sure were it not for the confidence boost the Kool Stop pads gave me, the rest wouldn't have happened.
One of my happiest descending was on a trip that I had the Kool Stops on my bike. I attributed it to the bike (Ti Colnago) but you know, it could have been the brake pads. The bike I'm building up could use new pads. Might as well go Kool!