Juicy 5 Brake Pads

[shaunh]

Between cleaning my bike after Saturdays ride and loading the bike into my van for Sundays Mine Dump ride, I lost one of my front brake pads.

 

My question is, which pads to buy, Sintered or Organic, and do you have to buy originals or could you purchase other brands of pads?

 

Also, can I fit them myself or should I take it to my LBS?

 

I thank you in advance for your suggestions.

 

 

[NotSoBigBen]

You can buy others (Justin has some available I fink!) and I can fit them so you should be ok !!!!!

[dirtrider]

You SHOULD be ok after BB has fitted them !

[shaunh]

Thanks BB, will let you know once I have bought them.

[Rudie]

I have bought the aligator ones and they are crap.

They dont have the same stopping power. I think they tend to run hotter as well. I recommend buying original

 

 

[Johan Bornman]

I have bought the aligator ones and they are crap.
They dont have the same stopping power. I think they tend to run hotter as well. I recommend buying original

 

Rudie, I'm not so sure about your comments. Pads can be rubbish for a variety of reasons but the "hotter" comment I don't buy.

 

Brakes convert kinetic energy (movement) into some other form of energy. Usually heat and sound. Since most brakes give off very little sound, most of the kinetic energy thus gets converted to heat energy.

 

Further, a given amount of kinetic energy will create a given amount of heat. Therefore if you stop a certain person from a certain speed in a certain period, there will alwasy be a fixed amount of heat generated. A change in pads wont make a difference.

 

Moreover, pads generate the heat and pass it on to the disc or rim. It is a function of the disc to dissipate the heat, not the pad's.

 

I just don't see how one pad can run hotter than another.

 

I recommend buying various types of pads until you find one that works for you and suits your budget. Original is not your only choice.

 

 

 

[Goodbadugly]

I tried a BBB generic in the juicy 5's. They worked fine. And squealed less.

[Rudie]

 

I have bought the aligator ones and they are crap.

They dont have the same stopping power. I think they tend to run hotter as well. I recommend buying original

 

 

 

 

Moreover' date=' pads generate the heat and pass it on to the disc or rim. It is a function of the disc to dissipate the heat, not the pad's.

 

I just don't see how one pad can run hotter than another.

 

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I hear what u are saying, but if two different pads are made of two different materials/compound and are different thickness, then one will get hotter than the other. the heat generated gets distributed not only in the direction of the rotor, but to the direction of the caliper piston as well.

 

Anyway, as you said, experimenting is the key I suppose

 

[Johan Bornman]

 

I hear what u are saying' date=' but if two different pads are made of two different materials/compound and are different thickness, then one will get hotter than the other. the heat generated gets distributed not only in the direction of the rotor, but to the direction of the caliper piston as well.

Anyway, as you said, experimenting is the key I suppose
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If the co-efficient of friction of the two compounds are different, then they'll stop over a different distance, given the same input force.  However, the total heat generated will be the same. Remember, the kinetic energy gets converted to heat energy and how it's done is not the issue.

 

Pads are good  heat insulators. A very small amount of heat goes backwards through the pad and most gets exchanged with the disc. Heat is only generated at the interface of the pad/disc, not in the centre or any other area in the pad. Obviously very thin pads and metal-content pads will be better conductors. But, most of the exchange happens with the disc. Some of the disc's heat gets exchanged to the callipers and surrounding areas such as the frame by radiation.

[Batmanza]

Not gonna get technical but gonna go on my experiences, Swisstop albeit tend to be a bit more expensive, lasted longer for me in the long run with little or no squeeling.

[turtlek]

Not gonna get technical but gonna go on my experiences' date=' Swisstop albeit tend to be a bit more expensive, lasted longer for me in the long run with little or no squeeling.

 

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swisstop on both my road and mountain bike are awesome long lasting pads cant complain at all