Brake Material
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RE: Brake Material
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What are the differences between the brake pad compounds?
Ex. 1) sintered (galfer)2) carbon semi-metallic (galfer) 3) organic (EBC)
Just a breif description please. TIA
What are the differences between the brake pad compounds?
Ex. 1) sintered (galfer)2) carbon semi-metallic (galfer) 3) organic (EBC)
Just a breif description please. TIA
The differences between these are going to 1) how much stopping power they have and 2) how much they wear on your rotors. And to a lesser extent another difference would be how much feedback they can give you (but this really only applies to track riding).
the sintered compound will give the most stopping power. However, the price you pay is that it eats your rotors faster.
The organic compounds have almost as good stopping power as the sintered but they're much nicer to your rotors.
The carbon compounds are really made for track riding because they require a bit of warm-up. Usually the temperatures that are required for these brakes to work properly will only be achieved under really hard braking. Most street riders won't reach these temps. So its not suggested to use these for street riding.
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RE: Brake Material
When you say they eat your rotors how fast are we talking about?
I didn't say fast, I said faster. Its all relative.
Fast is relative. If you are a dragonfly or a Bumblebee your rotor will last a lifetime with carbon brakes, if you are a Mountain or aGalapagos tortoise, not so much.
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