Mixing Brake Pads: Which With Which?
07-28-21, 06:46 AM
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Mixing Brake Pads: Which With Which?
Hello everyone,
So I've been looking to stock up on spares for my Hemingway's SRAM/Avid BB5-compatible mechanical disk brakes. I had already bought and swapped in a pair of genuine SRAM BB5 organic/resin pads after I managed to ruin the no-brand factory pads (as to how I did that... Well, it's embarrassing.)
So, I looked around for both SRAM (which - understandably - are in somewhat short supply globally) and other aftermarket replacements and came across the ones offered here. I've read multiple articles about the cool (pun) benefits of mixing up different types of pads in the same caliper, so now I'm wondering if I should mix resin with sintered, resin with ceramic, ceramic with sintered, or just stock up on semi-metallic and call it good.
I ride the bike on flat ground in dry, warm to hot climate most of the time. What would you recommend?
So I've been looking to stock up on spares for my Hemingway's SRAM/Avid BB5-compatible mechanical disk brakes. I had already bought and swapped in a pair of genuine SRAM BB5 organic/resin pads after I managed to ruin the no-brand factory pads (as to how I did that... Well, it's embarrassing.)
So, I looked around for both SRAM (which - understandably - are in somewhat short supply globally) and other aftermarket replacements and came across the ones offered here. I've read multiple articles about the cool (pun) benefits of mixing up different types of pads in the same caliper, so now I'm wondering if I should mix resin with sintered, resin with ceramic, ceramic with sintered, or just stock up on semi-metallic and call it good.
I ride the bike on flat ground in dry, warm to hot climate most of the time. What would you recommend?
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I'm not big on the idea of mixing two different pads on the same brake, but I'm all for trying out different pads that are compatible with your brakes. Keep track of your mileage and other pertinent data. Don't make comparisons about front wear and back brake wear other than they'll be different because each experiences different things.
In a dozen years. update this thread and let us know what you've found.
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I see no benefit to mixing pad types on the same caliper. What do you hope to accomplish? As to pad types, resin pads are quieter and easier on the rotors at the sacrifice of pad life and heat tolerance. Since you ride in a flat, dry area pad life should be no issue and heat buildup from long downhill braking will be a non-issue.
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