Originally Posted by
fmt_biker
.... My Surly LHT (stock build) has about 3000 miles on it, and I am quite ashamed to just now have changed the brake pads.
From the picture... it looks like the wear marks are gone. 3K miles isn't [all that] much for a brake pad. It's the dirt and grit that gets between the brake pad and the wheel that wears off all that metal from the wheel and rubber from the pad.
I try to wash the dirt and grit off the surface areas.... and I use a little scrubby [like for dishes] to clean up the brake pads. The pads and wheel
might last a bit longer if kept clean...
maybe. But they certainly do stop better when clean.