Originally Posted by
GhostRider62
Any specifics?
New bike with Sram Red HRD, I am ready to replace with the factory SRAM part but no idea if they are metallic or organic. Stopping in the rain is critical
It seems that the Red HRD uses the same pads as Avid Elixir and Avid Level brakes, which means that there should be an abundance of pads available from various manufacturers.
I've liked EBC gold, but those can be hard to find. Koolstop pads have been nice too.
Before you swap to metallic pads, make sure your rotors are made to support them. As far as I know all SRAM rotors can use metallic pads, but things may have changed. Some Shimano rotors are unhardened and can only use resin pads.
Hardening is the standard though so I doubt there's an issue.