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Submitted by
Chris
a Cross Country Rider
from Boise, ID
Date Reviewed: 7/17/2007 1:25:34 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Redfish Lake Loop |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $25 |
| Purchased At: | George's |
| Strengths: | They work! |
| Weaknesses: | Expensive, wear out quickly & metal pads HOOOOOWLLLL! |
| Bike Setup: | Specialized S-Works Epic |
| Bottom Line: | About tired of these pads. I've run both the metal & resin pads. The metal ones start howling after just a couple uses. Shop suggested I switch to resin. That helped w/ the howling, but they wear out too quickly. Going through 2 sets a year ea on front & back. At $25 x 4= $100 a year in brake pads??? |
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Submitted by
Andy Lo
a Cross Country Rider
from Penang, Malaysia
Date Reviewed: 3/5/2007 6:56:14 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $8 |
| Purchased At: | PinkBike Penang |
| Strengths: | Cheap. Dirt cheap. It takes up heat very well thanks to copper plate. Good stopping power. Easy maintenance. |
| Weaknesses: | Noisy. Noisy as in it's not silent, can still hear the brake rubbing sometimes even when it's not pressed. Not good braking power in the wet(rain/river). |
| Similar Products Tried: | Kool Stop, Shimano resin. |
| Bike Setup: | Tank Easton Elite, Deore compo with hydraulic disc and XT 8" front. |
| Bottom Line: | Not a bad brake pad. I cycle a lot of downhill. Previously with the Shimano resin pads, during heavy and long brakings smoke will appear and brakes tend to lose it's stopping power. But with this metal set now, I never worried about burning it cause it's just so good. The noise sounds quite nice and rough also, which makes it sound aggresive? Since I dont cycle when it rains, so it's the perfect pad for my bike. I would get it again after mine wears off. For RM3 that I paid for a set, there's nothing to compare with. Even v-brake pads are the same price. |
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Submitted by
David Gasser
a Cross Country Rider
from Sion,Valais Suisse
Date Reviewed: 4/24/2005 10:16:56 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $18 |
| Purchased At: | shimano |
| Strengths: | copper pads will dissipate de heats |
| Weaknesses: | complety burned after a 500m downhill of 100% with a 200mm disc |
| Similar Products Tried: | delta |
| Bike Setup: | BMC Fourtuned |
| Bottom Line: | Use V-Brake for Cross Country |
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Submitted by
orb
from Victoria
Date Reviewed: 11/16/2004 11:36:03 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Purchased At: | $25 CND |
| Strengths: | • Great modulation and power in dry • Relatively cheap |
| Weaknesses: | • No power when wet • Squeal loudly under hard breaking when wet |
| Bike Setup: | AC1 frame, Shimano 525 disks. |
| Bottom Line: | Great in dry summer conditions. Absolutly suck in wet winter conditions. I'm hoping I can find some decent metalic pads for wet weather. The resin pads simply are non-function in wet weather. |
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Submitted by
Jan
a Cross Country Rider
from Ballerup, Denmark
Date Reviewed: 8/15/2004 6:13:23 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $24 |
| Purchased At: | a local bike store |
| Strengths: | The pads have a copper backplating that dissipates the heat when braking. The sintered metal compund ensures long pad life. |
| Weaknesses: | Well, compared to organic pads, the metallic pads produce a louder noise when braking. The copper backplate and the sintered metal can also react with salts and dirt from the road when it rains and stuff like that, however this is a limited problem. Price has also been an issue. The pads are a bit expensive for Shimano stuff. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano M04 organic pads(they produce a little less noise) |
| Bike Setup: | Centurion(Danish) frame, Rock Shox Judy XC front fork, Shimano XT disc front, Promax V-brake rear. |
| Bottom Line: | The metallic pads(M03) are the only pads you should use on the Shimano XT disc brake system. The sintered metal can't glace or "burn out" when braking which of course is a huge advantage when going down a steep hill or such. And they last longer than organic pads. If you get organic pads you only get a little less noise when the pads hit the brake disc but the organic compound can easily overheat and reduce the brake performance, also the backplating of the organic pads is not made of copper, thus preventing quick heat dissipation. I have not tried any other manufacturer than Shimano, but you can rest assure that the Shimano stuff is well tested, For value rating I give the metallic pads 3 Chilis, due to the fact that the pads are a bit expensive. For Overall rating I give the metallic pads 4 Chilis because I still haven't worn them a bit after 6 months of riding. |
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Submitted by
BCRider
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver Canada
Date Reviewed: 4/24/2003 7:09:31 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Purchased At: | Bike store |
| Strengths: | Good dry weather performance |
| Weaknesses: | Soft grab in wet |
| Similar Products Tried: | Hayes mechanical and test riding some other hydro disc systems |
| Bike Setup: | Speciallized M4 Stumpjumper with Deore 525 discs |
| Bottom Line: | Less than impressed. The whole reason for discs is to avoid differences in dry to wet changes. The brakes themselves are great with light feel and good modulation in the dry but when the rotors and pads get wet these pads don't cut it. Tried another wheel set with Hayes rotors and the pads performed the same so it's not that the Deore rotors lack water drainage as some suspected. Oh, and they shudder and squeal in the wet when you increase the lever pressure to stop in time. All this is on a commuter bike. I hate to think of these on a long offroad downhill in wet conditions. But unlike the other review wear has not been an issue, just wet grip. Shimano continues their long and proud heritage of not being able to make/select braking friction materials. I'll give it a 3 for value as I gather they are cheap but a 2 for overall because of the wet performance. |
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Submitted by
Chris Carr
a Cross Country Rider
from England
Date Reviewed: 1/8/2003 5:17:40 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: | OEM on bike |
| Strengths: | Excellent power and modulation easy to replace and not effected by the weather |
| Weaknesses: | Appaling wear rate in the wet, after only 5 hours of riding the pad had worn down to the metal. |
| Similar Products Tried: | None yet |
| Bike Setup: | Specialized Enduro Expert (disc specific) |
| Bottom Line: | For some reason Shimano disc brakes come with different pads (m01 and M02) the sintered pad has hardly worn at all but the other has dissolved in the wet in no time at all. To be fair it may just be the weather but I would not reccoment these pads for the UK winter |
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