so how long do your brake pads and rotors last on average. ither racing or trail riding wet and dry conditions
average brake pad life and rotors
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I got a season out of my saint stock pads, but I don't ride crazy often. Say one or two days every other weekend. Rotors look fine, alligator sawblades.
Depends on the brand. I've never had avid pads last more than a few months, that goes for Codes and various rotor sizes of BB7s, no significant experience with juicys with pad life. Avid always seems to make ultra-grippy pads, but poor life seems to always be the case. Shimano and hope pads seem to last me much longer.
I can squeeze a season out of pads. I don't put my downhill bike on the hill enough to require more than that. (codes) My xc bike on the other hand gets alot of use, usually atleast 4 days a week in the summer, but those pads also last a season too. (juicys)
My Juicy Ultimate pads lasted like 8 months and since Sea Otter they survived Whistler, Euro DH Champs, and SC shreddin
Magura Marta SL 8"/7" rotors, 4 months old
It has a lot to do with how/where/what you ride
Magura Marta SL 8"/7" rotors, 4 months old
It has a lot to do with how/where/what you ride
My stock Code pads lasted 6 days of moderate DH riding in Morzine/Chatel. That applies to the front, with the rear dying 2 days later. I've been truly disappointed as my previous pads on other brakes always lasted much longer. I changed them for BBB golden and blue pads, those seem to last a bit longer.
I burn through a set of Gustav pads in about a month. That's riding 4 days a week, and I am 220lbs.
Depends on the brake. I get a lot of life out of Shimano pads. Formula and Avid pads it seems like I'm replacing all the time. 1-2 months of fairly regular riding. I usually get about 6 months out of Saint pads.
There's a lot of factors that go into pad wear:
-how often you ride
-how often you brake / how much you use your brakes
-what kind of conditions (wet/dry/hot etc)
-brake compound
That being said, I was running metallic compound shimano pads on first gen saints, riding on the wet muddy east coast, and I brake a fair amount (I don't drag my brakes, but I can't count on one hand how many times I use them in a run) and was able to get a whole season out of them riding 2 days a week 3-4 weekends a month from may to late october.
I tried a pair of the other shimano compound (sintered I think? maybe they call it organic? idk. either way its the non-metallic ones) and I got maybe 2 1/2 months out of them under similar conditions. However, they did perform better.
-how often you ride
-how often you brake / how much you use your brakes
-what kind of conditions (wet/dry/hot etc)
-brake compound
That being said, I was running metallic compound shimano pads on first gen saints, riding on the wet muddy east coast, and I brake a fair amount (I don't drag my brakes, but I can't count on one hand how many times I use them in a run) and was able to get a whole season out of them riding 2 days a week 3-4 weekends a month from may to late october.
I tried a pair of the other shimano compound (sintered I think? maybe they call it organic? idk. either way its the non-metallic ones) and I got maybe 2 1/2 months out of them under similar conditions. However, they did perform better.
For myself, rotor life is highly dependent on your terrain. Plattekill's flying shale tends to end rotor life for myself more than wear, for example.
I like to think I ride fairly often, though not downhill as often as I would like, and brake pads seem to last me a long time, at least a full season, if not longer.
i get about 3 months from my Elixr pads and about a year on my Hayes Mag's
Wet weather my brakes only lasted 4 months or so.
With mostly dry riding, I can get a year + out of mine.
I usually ride about 5 times a week (when I am not broken).
Jucy 5's on my 5 inch bike have now lasted 3 season (2 seasons racing).
With mostly dry riding, I can get a year + out of mine.
I usually ride about 5 times a week (when I am not broken).
Jucy 5's on my 5 inch bike have now lasted 3 season (2 seasons racing).
i should have been more specific about the climate and the style of riding and the amount of riding you do i ride every day any where from 10 to 35 miles on my xc or dh bike. i had codes last me 2 months riding in the pnw and as you know it rains 9 months out the year here so that has a big deciding factor towards pad life. how much do you guys spend a year on pads and or rotors?