Customer Reviews

Shimano R55C3 Road Brake Pads

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I bought these pads as replacements for my BR-6700 calipers. In the past, I have used Koolstop salmon pads and green Swissstop. Both of these options have always been preferable to Shimano OEM pads in my cycling. Shimano OEM pads of the past have never worked well in the wet for me and always seemed to wear very quickly. All that is now changed.

The latest generation of OEM pads are excellent. Since installing them, I have found nothing that would shake my confidence in their stopping power. I live in southern California which is almost always dry, except for today. I finally got to test these pads in the rain...I could not feel any difference in wet to dry performance! The entire reason I originally decided to use the Koolstop pads was wet performance. This is no longer necessary.

At this point, my opinion is that Shimano has produced a pad that finally rivals the more expensive options that have been the staple of serious cyclists for years.

Have had great luck with these pads in my Dura Ace calipers. My first set lasted about 7,500 miles, and did a great job stopping the entire time. I have played around with Kool Stop pads on other bikes but this particlar set of Shimano pads are fantastic. Great price, too -- one of the best bargains in consumables that I've run across.

Good fit, good performance so far. I only have a few hundred miles on them at this point, but I have had no issues.

Really easy to install and a bargain for under 10 bucks. If you took your bike to a shop to get your pads replaced, they would charge you at least 25 dollars to do it. Furthermore, I doubt that the pads a bike shop would use, would be of this quality.