oh yea, and is there any way to "surface" brake pads? the pads that are with these brakes have a LOT of life left in them, but the fact that they haven't been used in over a year makes me wonder, and I'd feel better knowing that the pads had fresh smooth material to match what will be freshly turned discs--is there a way to do this? or are they simply to be thrown away?


...or is it ok to use pads that haven't been used in over a year, just resting up against the rotor?