Replacement Brake Pads for Alligator Discs

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Just put some Alligator rotors on the bike due to the stock Tektro Auriga comp ones bending like a cape flats tin roof in a winter storm.

 

Problem is, the stock Tektro pads aren't biting as readily. I put this down to them being

 

1: They're crap

2: They're sintered, so the fact that the rotors don't heat up as much due to the better cooling properties is preventing the pads from getting up to their proper operating temp

3: They're crap

 

Question is, which pads should I upgrade to? I'm still pretty heavy on the brakes on the downhills (still classed as an intermediate rider in some areas) but I need something that will grip from cold and yet still have the ability to stay "in" when the heat rises.

 

The pad pattern I can use is the same as that of the Deore disc brakes, so availability shouldn't be a problem.

 

Should I go organic, or semi-metallic, or remain with sintered and just get a better brand of sintered pad?

 

[Thug]

Which Alligator discs ?

 

If they are the "windcutters", I'd strongly recommend metal sintered. Anything else will soon have metal on metal.

 

EBC make a top quality metal sintered pad but availability can sometimes be a problem.

 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

They're the "serration" variety...

 

Same as the windcutter, except without the Titanium Nitride coating (plain Stainless)

 

 

[Thug]

Then I'd definitely stay with metal sintered. Just get a better quality pad.

 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Sweet. Shall do just that.

 

Alternatively, the discs themselves could just be wearing in

 

[Absalon]

I have the same problem with my windcutters, the pads dont last longer then 3 months... definatly need to change my discs

[Thug]

I put on the 180 mm TiNi Alligators Windcutters on my Scandal. But beforehand I made sure that I read up on what those discs were like. Every review on MTBR said "metal sintered".

[Absalon]

where do you get them from?

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

I just bought them 'cos they look pretty.

 

Absalon - Sintered pads can be bought from any reputable bike shop. Either that, or at any of the online stores... Chain Reaction Cycles, for instance.

 

[Thug]

 

where do you get them from?

 

From my LBS.

 

The local agent is on the hub "MTB Kid"