Originally Posted by
Leebo
Heated until blue and too hot. What condition are the pads in? Are they sintered? Are you pumping the brakes or just dragging them the whole way? Disc brakes work really well for mountain biking with long steep hills etc. You should not be maxing them out on a commute. How long and how steep is your hill? I run BB7's on 3 bikes with no problems. They are cable brakes that work well in all conditions.
Pads are stock sintered, like I said, brakes are 2 weeks old so almost no wear at all.I must have dragged the rear brake on my last descent because over night stopping power halved.Iīm sure itīs the rotor cos it looks like burned.If I canīt manage to get it fixed and have to get a new one, will probably need new pads as well. Do organic pads offer better stopping power than sintered?