Bumping this into a new thread, here's a quote from waytoomanybikes:

I have rims that were used on a bike with Sintered pads for years and they show no more wear than they would with rubber blocks, possibly less.
The sintered pads, in my experience, do not wear away the rims any faster than rubber blocks.
What the sintered pads do is give a "softer" feel to the brake and a very firm braking pull.

Though I love Modolo brakes, for years I've avoided using the sinterized pads cause I had been told they were very abrasive and would rapidly wear my rims. Here are my questions:

Do you use or have you used them, or is your experience "anecdotal"?

What do you like or dislike about them?

Do you find wear on the rim braking surface to be "normal" or not?

Do you know what the "sinterized" ingredient is (powdered metal)?

Where do you buy them?

Thanks for participating!