I got my SD-7's today and have just set them up on my bike. It should have so easy to intall but one of my shitmano arms didn't want to let go of the frame. What an SOB. Any way once I got it off it looks great but won't perform to well untill I get my pads and tar. I have got to say that those stupid "Wrangler 2 " pads the Avids come with are so hard. They look like two peices of metal, Jeeze. I also got my hub fixed so I thought I was ready to ride untill, I found a crack on my Mavic rim. This is life.
Just your basic red wet-weather Kool Stop pads. It's all you need when you have tar on your rims. If you grind plazies are better. But I'm gettin the Kool-Stop ones.