Since its founding in 1978,Kool Stop has made an excellent name for itself with high-quality brake pads. The US company develops and produces disc brake pads, rim brake pads and brake shoes for the most common brake models of the major manufacturers such as Shimano, SRAM, Magura, Hope, Formula and Hayes. Kool Stop pads are used in cycling due to their outstanding workmanship and convincing braking performance and are very popular with Road cyclists as well as Mountain and Trial bikers.