So ask yourself why Brembo designed the light weight Stylema caliper ? All that advertising blurb about better cooling. Increased flow of cooler air over the caliper and minimising turbulance after the caliper are key to effective cooling if I remember my aero and fluid dynamics of 45 years ago correctly. Andy
agree surface area is important: bigger brakes increase not only contact area to improve braking force but also improve cooling ability, you need the air flow or the heat has no where to go. When your eating soup and it's hot and you want to cool it down, do you get a bigger spoon or do you blow on it nb. the correct answer of course is to do both. [edit.. and pour it into a bigger bowl] on their own i'm sure the cooling fins will help to some degree but i't wouldn't be the first thing i tried, uprated fluids, pads, bigger brake kit and then disc materials, probably in that order if options were available.. (i dont track bikes); i'd rather spend the £149 that these are advertised at on beer. very happy to be proven wrong.
Paul change the brake fluid for Motul 660 or similar and make sure there is always plenty of meat on your brake pads and that will help brake fade no end. I changed mine before my last trip to Donington and the brakes were like chalk and cheese to the previous visit where the lever was coming back to the bar. I will have to change the fluid more regularly but I have bought a vacuum bleeder that makes it a doddle.
Yeah Nick, I learnt my lesson letting the brake pads go too far (my own daft fault...... 'they'll be ok for one more session'....... crunch). Always keep em meaty these days for brake fade. I'll get some Motul 660. Cheers
