Brake upgrade from elixir 1's

philuk56

AS the title says what's a decent brake upgrade from the avid elixir 1's, I got some brake fade going down a decent sized section at dalby!

97th choice

How you know it was down to the quality of the brakes?

raldat

Deore 596. Buy them and use them with the Avid discs. You will not regret it.

The Rookie

Fade is dependant on pad material and disc size/weight, changing the system squashing the pad to the disc won't help as 97C has said.

philuk56

Well I just presume that the brakes are at fault? Upgraded is always better than standard isn't it?

Chunkers1980

Well no, because they are an upgrade to some mechanical discs. As said in the other thread uprate the disc to 180 mm and see how you get on.

philuk56

How should I check for the wear and how would it look?

How long would I expect them to last in dalby?

cooldad

Wear where? Pads or rotors?

philuk56

Pads, do they literally look worn out? I play with car parts for a living and bike parts aren't my forte! Haha

cooldad

They look worn out until they are totally worn out and the backing plate eats the rotor.

felix.london

you do the math...



After my first enduro race last month. Didn't check pads before race...schoolboy error

cooldad

You might want to change them before they get quite as fubared as that though.

The Rookie

Change pads when...
1/ They look like on the next ride you'll be down to the backplate
2/ They are worn more at one end than the other
3/ they are worn more on the inside than the outer

cooldad

You forgot

4/ If bleeding them half a dozen times and starting a few OMG!!!!!!!!HELP!!!!!!!!!! threads doesn't work.