OUR BRAKE COMPOUNDS

All of our custom compounds are rim friendly and are formulated and compounded at Kool Stop® to ensure the highest quality and braking performance.

  • SALMON

    Our most famous Salmon compound is also one of our most aggressive compounds for extreme all weather conditions especially in the wet, but still superb in the dry.

  • BLACK

    Our standard compound which is great for all weather conditions, but designed for dry condition riding.

  • COLORS

    Our colored pads are a semi–aggressive compound that will give you good performance in all weather conditions. This includes all blues, silver, yellow, white, red, lime green, purple, pink

  • DUAL

    A fusion of our two finest compounds, black and salmon, which will give superb braking in all weather conditions.This combination produces a more controlled smooth stop.

  • TRIPLE

    Our triplelite compound is our most aggressive compound combination for superb braking and controlled stopping in all weather conditions.

  • Electric

    Our E-Electric compound is formulated specifically for the higher speeds and weights of electric bicycles.

  • CLEAR

    This is an extreme compound for only experienced trick or trails riders needing a compound that will instantly lock the wheels.

Compounds for Specialty Rims

  • Composite

    We have formulated a new compound specifically for composite wheels, and have color matched and fine tuned the perfect compound for Skyway Tuff Wheels!

  • CFL

    Our latest carbon specific compound that is made using high performance elastomer, lowering rim surface temperature and giving superior braking and longer lasting performance

  • Carbon

    Our original carbon compound which works great for most carbon wheels but will wear quicker on fast steep decents.

  • Carbon 2

    This compound works great on most carbon wheels and is designed to withstand those fast steep descents without a lot of pad wear.

  • 1003CX

    Designed for the cross bike racers to give superb braking in any condition that you can throw at it. 

  • 1003R

    Our road compound is a slightly harder version of the 1003CX for road type conditions.

  • Ceramic

    This Z Cromium compound was designed for ceramic coated rims and is great in all weather conditions.

  • Rigida

    For Rigida RYDE CSS rims (carbide coated)