brake pad life?

anthdci

How long do you get out of a set of pads on your commuter? I realised last night that mine were well past the wear marker having done 1100 miles in 3 months. They are wide canti.

estampida

depends on how much breaking you do, and in what conditions

but at this price, better to be safe than sorry

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OneForTheRoad

I started commuting approx 14 miles each way about 8 months ago and have now been through 2 sets both front and rear.

I also have cantilevers (old MTB) and unfortunately when the pad first wore down the brake arm has rubbed on the tyre and the arm now has a big groove on it so keep an eye on them!

So far I have tried the Clarkes brake blocks and they were rubbish (no stopping power). I have just worn through a set of BBB pads after only putting them on about 2 months ago.

Am going to try Shimano blocks next so fingers crossed.

anthdci

OneForTheRoad wrote:

I have just worn through a set of BBB pads after only putting them on about 2 months ago.

Great, had to call in an expensive LBS on my way home last night to get an emergency replacement, which turned out to be BBB pads. Looks like the wont last that long either.

baggiero

My 1992 Stumpjumper still has the original pads on the front. Not sure how many miles it's done, but it has to be >10,000 by now given that it has done a lot of commuting (10miles each way) as well as a past life as an "offroad" bike back in the days when MTBs looked less like engine-less motorbikes! It also has the original chain, block and chainset. I kid you not.

Moodyman

baggiero wrote:

It also has the original chain, block and chainset. I kid you not.

Don't make them like they used to.

cooldad

baggiero wrote:

My 1992 Stumpjumper still has the original pads on the front. Not sure how many miles it's done, but it has to be >10,000 by now given that it has done a lot of commuting (10miles each way) as well as a past life as an "offroad" bike back in the days when MTBs looked less like engine-less motorbikes! It also has the original chain, block and chainset. I kid you not.

My '87 Rockhopper still has original chainrings, cassette, hubs, mechs etc. Only bits not original are the stem (Girvin Flexstem - I couldn't resist) bars, saddle, pedals and seatpost.
Must have been something in the water back then.

anthdci

anthdci wrote:

Great, had to call in an expensive LBS on my way home last night to get an emergency replacement, which turned out to be BBB pads. Looks like the wont last that long either.

as expected the BBB pads are nearly finished! First set lasted 1150 miles, this set is on 550 and look like they wont reach 700 :evil:

desweller

anthdci wrote:

anthdci wrote:

Great, had to call in an expensive LBS on my way home last night to get an emergency replacement, which turned out to be BBB pads. Looks like the wont last that long either.

as expected the BBB pads are nearly finished! First set lasted 1150 miles, this set is on 550 and look like they wont reach 700 :evil:

700?! That's not even a month! How much braking do you do?

anthdci

DesWeller wrote:

700?! That's not even a month! How much braking do you do?

I wouldn't say I brake overly much, obviously I normally know the light sequences so slow down well in advance without braking to try and hit them right.

Mr Will

Standard Tiagra pads on my roadbike lasted ~3000 miles. The swisstop greens that replaced them are now on ~4000 miles and still going strong, I'd say at least another 1000 in them, depending on how bad the winter weather is.

Hoopdriver

Koolstops have a nice life. I use the salmons - the wet weather ones and get a couple of hard riding winters, at least, out if a set.

The Rookie

The pads on the rear of my commuter were bought used and have now managed 2,250 miles with no sign of needing changing anytime soon......another plus one for discs on a commuter then!