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Need some new pads on the SLX brakes on the Soul - hasn't been used much so been a while since I last got any.
What's the best value squeal proof pads at the moment?
I use genuine Shimano G01S (resin) pads on my SLX M675, £5.83 a set from eBay.
Yeah, what he said.
Shimano
No reason to buy anything but Shimano. Amazon were doing them at £4 a pair a while back.
As a voice of dissent I really like the uberbike white race matrix pads. Seem better (in terms of power and modulation) and more consistent in a wider range of circumstance, temperatures and conditions than shimano pads.
I concur with shakleton. Uberbike race matrix or kevlar are way more consistent and more power than Shimano.
Most importantly for tubster me, much more resistant to glazing up the surface too.
The racematrixes are the only brake pads I've ever thrown in the bin... They were great for a good few rides in the UK, I mean really really good, but they absolutely shat the bed on longer descents in France and went totally inconsistent.
I may go to hell for this, but I use the cheap Bikeinn ceramic ones from aliexpress now. Never missed a beat, did me grand for the mega, they do wear a little fast in UK winter slop but then they cost peanuts so I don't mind. (I paid £7 for 4 sets last time)
looks like you shimano boys have got it sorted, so ill hijack the thread rather than start a new one...... which replacement pads for avid BB7's if you please?
cheers
I've always subscribed to the idea that they're all from the same factory anyway, so let's just get the set that cost 3 quid. This year, though, barely rode my anthem for 6 months - getting it ready for a ride and see all four pads delaminated (from a generic brand), dropping onto the floor.
So yeah, prob not the same factory and just get the shimano ones.
Northwind +1, but my take is different.
Bar the biggest UK descents, uberbike race matrix are perfectly capable and I use them locally for most of the year*.
I've had them fade badly in Spain and the Lakes and in those places running the finned version eliminated their poor high temp performance.
They wear a bit better than standard organics in the winter, and are so cheap that I've decided to just run them with fins in the summer and without in the winter.
I'm not likely to make it back to Spain for the next couple of years, but for insurance I'd take kevlars as backups just in case, because I was stuck with the un-finned version on one trip and they just completely robbed my confidence.
* My local hills reach a massive 342m at their greatest.