Road riders with Shimano rim brakes and carbon clincher or tubular wheels who need fresh pads.
These are genuine Shimano R55C4 inserts for carbon rims, the compound Shimano specifies for carbon braking surfaces on its road rim-brake calipers. The pack holds two pairs, enough for both wheels, plus the fixing bolts.
They are inserts only, so they slide into the Shimano cartridge-type holders already on your brakes. Swapping them is quicker and cheaper than replacing the full brake shoe.
Use these only on carbon rims. If you swap between alloy and carbon wheels, keep a separate set of pads for each, since grit picked up on an alloy rim can damage a carbon brake track.
Made for carbon
R55C4 carbon compound for carbon brake tracks.
Two pairs
Enough to do both wheels at once.
Bolts included
New fixing bolts to lock each insert in its holder.
Wide fit
Fits Shimano cartridge holders from DURA-ACE through 105.
General
Compatibility
Cartridge pads
The insert slides into an aluminium holder and is locked in with a small fixing bolt, so you replace only the rubber, not the whole shoe.
Great for
Maybe not for
Inserts only, no holders. Fits Shimano road cartridge holders: DURA-ACE BR-R9100, BR-R9110, BR-9000, BR-9010, BR-7900, BR-7800, BR-7700; ULTEGRA BR-6800, BR-6810, BR-6700, BR-6600, BR-6500; 105 BR-5800, BR-5810, BR-5700, BR-5600, BR-5501, BR-5500; BR-R650, BR-R600, BR-R561, BR-R560, BR-CX70.
Fitting inserts the right way round
Undo the fixing bolt, slide the old insert out towards the open end of the holder, and slide the new one in the same way. The closed end of the holder must face the front of the bike so the pad cannot be pulled out when you brake. Refit the bolt, then clean the rim and bed the pads in with a few firm stops.
The component maker behind most of the world's bikes.
Shimano was founded in Sakai, Japan in 1921 and is the world's largest maker of bicycle components, from DURA-ACE race groupsets to the GRX gravel range.
