Next question from @trouble is about brake pads:

Q2. Has anyone seen brake pads like this before? This is my second time coming across pads that look just like this (the plastic and brake material shapes) on a road bike. Look closely; those shiny silver bits? chunks of rim! I yanked these off and replaced them on my bike with Koolstops, but only after the metal bits wore grooves into my rim, ugh #BikeCommuterCabal

Has anyone else seen alarming brake/rim/rotor conditions?

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@ascentale @trouble What brand were those? I would like to avoid them. #BikeNite
@lopta @ascentale these pads have zero markings on them. They feel quite hard, and do not flex at all, unlike rubber brake pads.