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TIL synthetic brake pads beat organic in the rain, not what everyone told me
I swapped to organic pads on my commuter in Seattle last month because the shop said they'd be quieter. First wet ride down Beacon Hill I had zero bite at the first light, nearly slid into the crosswalk. After 3 sketchy stops I threw the cheap Shimano resin ones out and put in a $28 set of semimetallic Kevlar pads. Has anyone else had organic pads just fail hard in Pacific Northwest drizzle, or did I get a bad batch?
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jennifer_west521mo ago
Did you bed them in before you hit the wet? New pads need a few hard stops to transfer material to the rotor, and organics are way pickier about that than semi-metallic. Rain alone shouldn't kill a decent set, so it might be a setup thing more than the pad type.
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