Galfer confuses me with their colors. Which color is what? Purple are what material for the pad?
Are they better than the green ones?
All of their pads are semi-metallic. The ones that are worth buying are green and purple. Purple is longer lasting without noticeable drop in power compared to green. Similar bite to Trick stuff power+ but longer lasting imho. Also quieter than sram metallic pads.
I love the greens, so I'll give the purple a try if they last longer.
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Been running MTX for a few years now, big fan.
So randomly - I recommended the green Galfers to someone and they got back to me saying they weren't stoked with them. I'd run them (on Hope floating rotors) and rated them highly. Couldn't understand why - then I tried a set of green Galfers another bike that had Shimano Ice Tech rotors (RT86, 203mm) and was totally underwhelmed. The rotors weren't fresh with those pads or anything so maybe there was a bedding contaminant or something, but I ended up putting that brake on a different rotor and result was much better. And I'm using those Shimano Ice Tech rotors with Dominion A4s now and they're fine.Only issue I ever had was with one certain set of Shimano ice tech rotors, they never got along with MTX pads. For some reason they would never stay bed in, would just get polished and stop working.
Glad you had good luck with them. I cannot recommend their pads. Insta-glazed when used for DH over the course of 3-4 runs.Buy From TruckerCo High Performance Store Disc Brake Pads
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I bought 8 pair for my V4's on all 3 bikes. Ithey look exactly like the Hope/galfer pads they came with from the factory and I noticed no difference.
The fact that the pads sell for $10 for 1 pair or $25 for 4 alone is a selling point. The other companies are just plain ripping you off. I've used these for 3 years and absolutely no issues.
You're welcome.
My only issue with the MTX pads is that they have zero bite the first time you used them on a ride. There have been a few times where at the beginning of a ride it almost feels like they have been contaminated, but after a few stops they work great. I don't know if it is a temperature thing but I haven't noticed this during a ride say after a long climb in cold weather for a second lap.Been running MTX for a few years now, big fan.
Gold with big rotors have some serious bite. I have those on the DH bike, everything else gets red pads.
Only issue I ever had was with one certain set of Shimano ice tech rotors, they never got along with MTX pads. For some reason they would never stay bed in, would just get polished and stop working.
Those Shimano sintereds did nothing wrong by me the whole time I ran Saints. I would bother playing around too much unless they're doing something to annoy you.Let’s put it other way: Why should I use anything else than sintered Shimano pads in my Saints? Is there anything serious to achieve? I’m a little skeptical here
Yeah (the T100 with copper colored backer plate), they're remarkably long lasting. Hayes says they're good until 2.75mm thickness (pad + backer), and my rear pads are still 3.5mm after ~1,000 miles.
E01S
You find they have a little less initial bite? I'n running them in the rear on one bike and they're great.
What's the life like on the semi ones?
You know, I never tried the T106s... my buddy who got me to try the Dominions said to just go straight to the metallics, so that's what I did. Maybe next year (lol) when I finally kill the rear metallics I'll try the organics.
Ok now I remember, Shimanos site says "resin pads only" for those calipers.
bike.shimano.com
E01S compatibility:
same size, fits
I don't know. Shimano brakes are delicate flowers, I wouldn't want to upset them.
Not quite as long as full sintered but comparable to any other decent pad. Given how much bite they had I expected them to be gone super quick but not the case.
then don’t use 3rd party pads either
I googled those brakes and holy hell. I've never seen this before in a brake manual haha
Hah never read that but yeah what the heck. They are on my fat bike, so they don't actually need to work that hard on the snow; there's only so much traction before you end up on your back.
Same, ordered extra sets of pads. Now got a box full of them. They seem to last a long time.
