I was having trouble with the glazing of my Shimano K05 brake pads.
Decided to try sintered pads instead of organic. After a 200-km break-in period, I went on one of my favorite descents. About eight strong decelerations from 60 to 25 km/h in 5 minutes.
Braking force before the hairpins was worse than with the organic Shimano pads and I was squeezing the front lever with all my might.
This is what the brake pads look like after a ride.
I assume they were overheated, correct?
by No-Singer9033
3 Comments
A bit curly in my opinion
Is it possible your rotors are for resin pads only? I’d try resurfacing the pads and rotors and double checking for contamination.
In terms of overheating, it’s important that when you descend you pulse the brakes instead of riding them for long periods of time so that they can cool down. Hope that helps
Edit: Can you post a pic of the rotors?
60 to 25 is itself not a massive slowdown and shouldn’t fry pads- if done quicky or on flat ground. This clearly wasn’t flat ground, but were the 8 stops quick, or were you dragging the brake for a significant portion of that 5 minutes? And were you using both brakes or only/primarily one of them?
Which rotor do you have? What size? (out of curiosity, but I don’t see this as causal except on the margins)
And what was the total system weight?