When I got out of the bicycle business in 1982 there was very little in the way of disc brakes other than a cable actuated disc brake used on the Schwinn Manta Ray as an option for a couple of years and a rudimentary (and heavy) hydraulic system developed by Shimano.

I currently ride a hybrid bike with Tektro Aries mechanical disc brakes. I ride on streets and paved paths almost exclusively and seldom in the rain or wet conditions. I am a hefty guy weighing in at 270. What would be best for replacement pads for my bike? Ceramic or Organic?

I don't think they make ceramic pads for bicycles. They might possibly make them for e-bikes but based on my experience with automotive ceramic pads I would never use them on a bicycle.

Your choice is resin (also called organic) or metallic (also called semi-metallic or sintered).

People will talk about metallic pads having less initial bite or organic pads wearing fast in wet and dirty conditions but for the riding described I would not have any anxiety over the choice.

The bottom line is probably price and noise. Organic/Resin are quieter.


-Tim-

Thanks for the tip. I had originally written metallic in my post and went back and edited it to ceramic...getting my automotive and bicycle worlds crossed!

I saw that this morning - the thread title said Metallic but the post said ceramic.

Ceramic is used for e-bikes.

Metallic pads really let you know they are working in terms of noise. Resin will be quieter.

Pads will fins will help but are more expensive.

you are not downhill mountain biking , so an organic/resin pad should be good, metallic wears the disc and is noisy.

I like the replacement Kool Stop organic, much better than the original stock Avid BB7 pads, the KS dont squeal.. avid-did