Better brakes

I was going down a long path right, off road, at phenomenal speds. But
then the path started coming to an end. At a cliff. I saw the cliff
from 50 meters away, but when i applied my front brakes, the pads
just well, melted. when i applied my back berakes the wheel skidded. I
ended up stopoping only 1 or 2 meters from the edge. Are brake pads
available which have a high melting point? And traction with the
ground wasnt a problem, i was using mtb tires, inflated at 10psi

uuh no, this is a kmart machine we are talking about here. BTW I
bought new brake pads today. THe back ones work great, in that they
can lock the wheel, but of course that doesnt achieve much. THe front
ones are ok, but my front wheel is bent a litttle so i have to make
them slay out a little too much.


On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 15:29:55 GMT, "di" wrote:

BS

"Arpit" wrote in message
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I was going down a long path right, off road, at phenomenal speds. But
then the path started coming to an end. At a cliff. I saw the cliff
from 50 meters away, but when i applied my front brakes, the pads
just well, melted. when i applied my back berakes the wheel skidded. I
ended up stopoping only 1 or 2 meters from the edge. Are brake pads
available which have a high melting point? And traction with the
ground wasnt a problem, i was using mtb tires, inflated at 10psi