Have this set of Mathauser finned pads.

They are NOS but the hardware bolts do not look correct.
I only thought the hardware was silver alloy nuts, not these black jobs....

Unless this is a different version of the bolt hardware.

Can anybody enlighten me on it?

And no, these are not for sale - lol.

If I remember right, they came in black or silver. They also had some with a rectangular type washer, I think. Darn, it has been a long time ago.

-Steve

Those nuts are correct. There were a couple of different types of hardware over the years.

Yeah, I have some with the rectangular washer.

Andy,

The curved pads with silver fins did not come with black hardware and did not use four of the adjustable washers/spacers, aflat washer, or a hex flange nut. The stock hardware was plain aluminum and there would have been 2 concave/convex washers and a matching nut which when used together act as kind of a ball and socket to allow for very fine brake pad alignment without having to tweak the caliper arms for toe etc. The flat rectangular washers that Steve mentioned were stock on the straight silver fin pads which were the first finned S/M pads. The curved pads came 2nd. The black hardware you have there appears to be from the Scott Superbrake pads which were a straight pad with black alloy fins and matching hardware but that is not necessarily the case because other manufacturers (namely Kool-Stop) have copied the washer/nut design.

The Scott Superbrake system was a complete road bike brake system that included pads. Edward Scott carried on the business under his own name for quite some time after Mr. Mathauser had left the business and that is why the later products only carry the "Scott" name.

[ September 19, 2006, 01:17 PM: Message edited by: Alan McCorkle ]

Whe-hooo! Alan you've got too much knowledge for college, you're too cool for school, you're so bright, your dad calls you sun. Anyone know where thats from? Anyways Alan, good info. Thanks.

Cool - thanks for the info Alan.

Nice pads, shame about the nuts!

i don't recall either but it was good for a laugh.

Ya know, everybody has their "thing" that they know a lot about and I guess Scott/Mathauser brakes pads are just one of my things. i did a little research on them a few years ago which ultimately led me to the Scott USA company where I talked to one of the old-timer engineers and he gave me the whole history between Ed Scott and Mathauser (can't think of his firstname). Ed Scott had not been involved with Scott USA for years since the company was sold. Ed Scott passed away in 2001.

Is that the same Scott company that did the goggles and stuff?

Wow! I stand corrected. I knew I'd seen that hardware - it turns out I just didn't see it there. Check out the big brain on Alan - way to give us the real scoop.

Big brain...LMAO!

Yes, Edward Lawrence Scott aka "Scotty" is the namesake of Scott USA. He is most well-known for making the first aluminum ski poles back in the 1950s as well as other contributions to the sport of skiing. The company was sold back in the late 60s and has been known as Scott USA for many years.