{"id":912,"date":"2011-08-04T11:09:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T11:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/2011\/superstar-components-convert\/"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:16:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:16:18","slug":"superstar-components-convert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/superstar-components-convert\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Superstar Components Convert<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took some advice via Twitter earlier this week and ordered some new brake pads direct from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.superstarcomponents.com\">Superstar Components<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, less than half the price of Shimano OEM or Ashima and with no postage costs, here they are!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20110804-120645.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20110804-120645.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"20110804-120645.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI&#8217;ll fit them at the weekend and hopefully bed them in with a long descent from Blackstone Edge, but based on my first Superstar purchase, I&#8217;m a convert!<\/p>\n<p>I also got a bag of Haribo! Wiggle haven&#8217;t sent me any for ages, so Superstar win on that score too.<\/p>\n<p>p.s. 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