Originally Posted by
common man
i'd take it to the lbs i recently purchased the new bike from and let them take care of it. just a few days ago i had a flat. instead of doing it myself i said it's less than 30 days so i took it to the lbs for the flat + tune up (for new bikes). lbs realized it was a manufacturing defect so it was fixed without issue but more importantly that defect was resolved for me trouble / time / cost free.
At best he'd get new versions of the same pads on it. For the most part the factory pads are crap.