Ceramic Or Sintered Brake Pads Mtb

Joined dec 29 2011 380 posts.

Ceramic or sintered brake pads mtb.

Rear brakes tend to be dragged more while having good initial bite at the front is always confidence inspiring so having a sintered pad at the rear paired with a semi metallic item up front can offer a good blend of performance or even semi metallic at the rear and organic at the front. Sintered ceramic brake pads are designed for moderately aggressive recreational and sport street riding with ceramic coated backing plate to assist with temperature management and dissipate heat. A lot of experienced mtb riders run a sintered pad in the rear brake and an organic pad up front. These advanced ceramic composites ready to withstand higher temperatures than regular semi metallic carbon brake pads.

Discussion starter 1 aug 22. The organic pad in the front brake offers good. Metal brake pads are often used for oem spec meaning that s what you ll go home with if you buy a new bike from a bike shop. Sintered brake pads are used in most oem applications not only on mountain bikes but on motorcycles and cars as well because of their ability to perform in a variety of conditions.

Brake pads sintered vs. Jump to latest follow 1 8 of 8 posts. Metal brake pads meanwhile are sometimes called metallic or sintered and you guessed it are made from metallic particles fused together. There is much more to choose with brakes than just sintered or ceramic or organic.