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Just wondering what brakes pads everyone is using for their carbon wheels, recently purchased a set of Prime RR-50 V3 wheels and they came supplied with a set of Prime brake pads, unfortunately they don’t fit in R7000 105 brakes! They’re slightly too thick so don’t fully insert so am looking at an alternative, have see the Swisstop Flash Pro and Evo and the only difference I can see is the Evos are 0.75 mm thinner. My wheels 27.5 external so was wondering which ones to order, as they are best part of 40quid I was wondering if all else being equal if I could fit the Pro’s? Also any other recommendations for pads would be good.

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[Rich_cb]

I had the exact same problem,
I had the exact same problem, just trimmed the prime blocks slightly and they fitted in nicely.

No issues since.

[IanMSpencer]

When you say sightly too
When you say sightly too thick, do you mean width or depth? If a brake block doesn’t fit, a bit of alcohol can be used to lubricate the channel to slide it in – I’ve had blocks which seem too tight when dry but will fit when wetted with alcohol which of course then evaporates.

Did Prime suggest what model of brakes the pads were intended for? Were they, for example, Campag or SRAM? Off hand I can’t remember the difference in fit, but there was a difference and were not interchangeable.

At £40, I might be tempted to sand them down if they really are the wrong fit. With care, shouldn’t be a problem.

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