Swiss Stop

James Huang reviews the 1.68 carbon tubular from EDGE Composites. He reports that "braking is buttery smooth and predictable due to the dead straight and flat brake track and included SwissStop Yellow King pads".

Tour Magazine reviews brake calipers from Campagnolo, Shimano and SRAM. The SRAM calipers show the best overall performance and feature SwissStop brake pads.

"More stopping power, improved lever feel: Force's new brake calipers now get made-by-SwissStop pad inserts"
Cyclingnews.com takes a look at the 2010 SRAM Force Groupset and reports several improvements to the components, including refinements to the caliper design and SwissStop supplied brake pads.

James Huang of Cyclingnews.com reviews the Easton EC90 SL wheelset. He comments "When it comes to time to stop, the included Swiss Stop Yellow King pads offer up some of the best performance on carbon rims, with good power and excellent modulation with very minor – and very manageable – grabbiness in dry conditions."

Bike Matters puts the SwissStop Flash Yellow King pad for carbon wheels through a range of tests on both carbon and alloy wheels. "The screeching normally associated with a carbon braking surface disappeared completely, and modulation felt as our road bike had suddenly been equipped with disc brakes."

Very thorough test of low profile carbon wheels from 10 of the industry's leading manufacturers. Brake testing includes measurement of stopping distance with original supplied pads (Green Bars, distance in Metres), and also a reference pad from another company (Red Bars, distance in M). The wheels supplied with SwissStop pads have very short stopping distances. This includes the Easton EC90 SLX, Lightweight Ventoux, Reynolds KOM and Roval Alpiniste SL Carbon. Also worth noting is that when the Bontrager XXX Lite is used with the SwissStop Yellow King, stopping distance is reduced by over 25% (the * annotation explains that the red bar indicates Bontrager used with SwissStop - the other red bars are stopping distances with Bontrager pads).

Review of deep section carbon wheels, including braking tests. Braking results with SwissStop Yellow King pads (as supplied by the wheel manufacturer) show among the shortest stopping distances. This includes the Easton EC90 Aero, FSA K Force, Mavic CCU, Reynolds DV UL and Roval Rapide.

Review of the SwissStop Yellow King pads from cyclingnews.com reporting "Braking on each of our carbon testers (we sampled four from four different manufacturers) was simply eye-opening as it was the first time we'd experienced braking quality that good on the stuff, wet or dry."

Online article looking at brake pads for disc brake systems, standard road calipers and ultralight calipers, calling SwissStop "the most advanced brake-pads available to the public".