How to Bed-In new brake pads?

*Pez*

I am going through Sintered brake pads in six rides!

Is it the British weather, or is there something I can do to get a few more rides before hitting the metal clips??

I've been buying Avid pads for my Juicy 7's, but recently tried EBC's to see if this helped...
...It didn't.


Is there a bedding in process, or something I should/could do?
It's a very expensive habit.

Cheers,
Pez.

nicklouse

generally just use them in the dry without getting them too hot.

Platti

how do you know when you're through them ?

*Pez*

Nicklouse - Meaning you don't ride in the wet, or just don't brake ????


Platti - The sandwich clip will normally catch the rotor and make a rubbing noise. Preceeding this, you'll get the distinctive hot smell of metal on metal as you throw out the anchors to stop. Ideally, change the pads when you're down to the last couple mm of the good stuff, but at the moment I'm wearing them out so quick that I'm not checking regularly enough and getting caught out.


There's no help in the Avid instructions that come with the replacement pads, so perhaps there is no need to bed brakes in any more.

I guess it's just a cost of Mountain Biking.

davey1991

my solution with avids is just to go your own route, use the hard and often, try not to geth them to hot and if you ride often enough they should bed in quickish.