V brake pads

[Joejoebeans]

Looking to get some brake pads that will stop me real good, last real good and cost real good. Any suggestions? They're for commuting btw, not trials

[Psycholist]

Ebay or your local bike shop - pretty much every VBrake pad works fine on decent VBrake arms. The only downside of the cheapest ones (The big stupid blocks of rubber type ones) is that they tend to be too big to all fit on the rim, so as they wear they either start cutting the tyre or form a ridge with the lower edge of the rim that holds them in when the brakes should be centered. For maximum cheapness run these and use a stanley knife to cut the ridge off every few months to keep them working.