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On behalf of Expert Village, I'm Patrick from Zoomers Bike and Gear to tell you about advanced
cycling. All right, now brakes are very simple. It's just a main cable pull thing, but what
makes them better than a low end bike are the components down here as well as up in
the brake levers. These are going to have a higher spring tension in them, as well as
down here they're going to have a higher spring tension, which is going to make them--and
it also makes them lighter weight and makes them more stopping power and designed for
more stopping on high speeds or quickly. On a lot of the higher end brakes, they also
have the ability to have different style pads. You can use them for carbon wheels, aluminum
wheels, as well as a few others. They also have the ability to open and close to make
the easy in and out of the wheels if you have to change in either a race or just a ride.
Just to make it easier to work out, as well as they have adjusters on the top to make
it easier to center. All right, now a couple different kind of brake pads is you have these
right here that are core performance pads that are made for carbon wheels. Then you
also have these pads right here that are made for carbon wheels. But it's a special density
and it's also quite a bit more expensive. That's going to keep from heating up and all
that kind of stuff, from high speed braking. And then you also have this type right here--it
shows actually how you can refill them--that is good for extreme conditions, if you're
out riding in the rain or stuff like that, really good system. As well as, as you can
see, they open and close. It allows for the easy in and out. You have the adjusters right
here that you can adjust to make it more tension or less tension. And, as I said before, right
here you've got a little screw where you're allowed to adjust them right and left to make
it more centered so you're getting stopping continual at the same time.