Andypowerful
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Need to replace my pads. Which is better metal or resin pads? I have Shimano SLX brakes.
Brake pads - resin or metal?
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Check if your rotor is resin only.
Andypowerful
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metallic pads handle heat better and last longer, at the cost of eating up rotors and less initial (cold) bite and some noise
resin pads are relatively quiet, wear a bit faster (but dont destroy the rotor as quickly) and bite right off the bat, but fade as they heat up.
most guys doing xc riding will run resin and downhill/enduro types with lots of high speed/steep downhill will use metallic. what type of riding do you do?
resin pads are relatively quiet, wear a bit faster (but dont destroy the rotor as quickly) and bite right off the bat, but fade as they heat up.
most guys doing xc riding will run resin and downhill/enduro types with lots of high speed/steep downhill will use metallic. what type of riding do you do?
02camaro
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this the the response i wanted to give but didnt feel like typing. i only use metallic pads and they dont instantly kill rotors, you will still get thousands of miles before they are close to being min thickness. my last set i got 2500miles on hope rotors with metallic pads beating the life out of them at the park.
thanks for the agreement, also, i never said it was instant, but for comparison running resin pads i have close to 3k miles on my bike and am not even close to min thickness on rotors yet.
02camaro
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I know you didn't say it but the majority of the people make it seem metallic pads can kill rotors in a day. Not true. You can run metallic pads on "resin" rotors and still get decent life out of them.
But really, you broke it down perfectly for pad choice based on riding style and the pro/cons of each.
yup people love to exaggerate, no clue why :/
FastFreddy
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Run one resin, one metal in each caliper and its the best of both worlds problem solved! 🤣 But seriously more metal is always good 🤘🤘
02camaro
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I've done that after seeing some pros do it when watching bike checks on pink bike. It felt good but I couldn't live with pads wearing at different rates.
you're supposed to replace rotors? 😂
02camaro
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believe it or not if you ride hard enough, yes, but i cant imagine alot of people wear out rotors. id imagine most of them are replaced well before they are due so people can bling out their bikes with hope or ice tech rotors.
Andypowerful
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I went with metal. I believe I had resin and got about 800 miles out of them. I ride mostly enduro type trails with some steep ups and downs. I think the metal will be good. I don't care about noise. I'd rather stop in wet conditions. Thanks for the advice.