Negative ghost rider. But if you want to be sure, a digital caliper is cheap enough and useful enough to have around.
winterproject on
Just about but if you’re asking the question you know it’s going to be new brake pad time.
kohroku on
my brother there’s less life in those than in my grandma, she died 20 years ago
ZippierUser on
No.
.
.
There is a lip meaning they where not touching the disc fully
Due to colour i would think they are contaminatid
One appears to be worn like / as opposed to | (what it should be)
imgeo on
Yes. There’s still brake material left, you can probably get hundreds more miles. Or a few downhill rides. But do check on it occasionally.Â
Puzzled-Sport-8356 on
I would say yes. Flatten them with sanding paper, degrease them and you are good to go.
RomfordWellington on
For the price of new pads, just replace the pads.
What you don’t want is a situation where you’re so far down that the rotor starts to touch the pistons and you end up having to buy a new caliper.
BikeCarsTravel on
Yes. The after life.
Wolfy35 on
Yes but probably not as a brake pad, Maybe a garden ornament or modern art?
pedaljuice46 on
Brake pads are like £15, if you’re asking this just buy a new pair
Assuming the pads are clean and uncontaminated with oil, if they’re still touching the disc, they’re still braking.
Yours look pretty thin – anyone in the thread here saying there’s still life in them is probably forgetting they need to be thick enough to protrude once the metal hinge is back on.
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Negative ghost rider. But if you want to be sure, a digital caliper is cheap enough and useful enough to have around.
Just about but if you’re asking the question you know it’s going to be new brake pad time.
my brother there’s less life in those than in my grandma, she died 20 years ago
No.
.
.
There is a lip meaning they where not touching the disc fully
Due to colour i would think they are contaminatid
One appears to be worn like / as opposed to | (what it should be)
Yes. There’s still brake material left, you can probably get hundreds more miles. Or a few downhill rides. But do check on it occasionally.Â
I would say yes. Flatten them with sanding paper, degrease them and you are good to go.
For the price of new pads, just replace the pads.
What you don’t want is a situation where you’re so far down that the rotor starts to touch the pistons and you end up having to buy a new caliper.
Yes. The after life.
Yes but probably not as a brake pad, Maybe a garden ornament or modern art?
Brake pads are like £15, if you’re asking this just buy a new pair
Put the metal pincer hinge back on them and that’ll tell you. [If your brake pad material is only as thick as the metal of the hinge](https://roadbikeaction.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-disc-brakes/#:~:text=The%20difference%20in%20a%20worn%20pad%20and%20new%20pad%20is%20only%201.4mm%20of%20material), then you’re scraping your metal hinge on your disc and you’re not braking properly.
Assuming the pads are clean and uncontaminated with oil, if they’re still touching the disc, they’re still braking.
Yours look pretty thin – anyone in the thread here saying there’s still life in them is probably forgetting they need to be thick enough to protrude once the metal hinge is back on.