resin pad only Shimano rotors?

Bradlad

Hi folks

Quick question, just bought two new RT54 rotors which are stamped with RESINPAD ONLY, as stupid as
this question seems going by the stamped warning, would sintered pads work IF I decided to try them
instead of resin pads.

njee20

Yeah they'll be fine. Most Shimano rotors say that.

Bradlad

Thanks for reply njee appreciate it, not the most techy minded so thought I'd ask
before shooting down a ruddy great hill and not stopping..ha ha

stubs

Ran a 180mm Resin Only front disc with sintered pads for about a year and apart from going a nice blue colour a few times it worked just fine. The only noticeable difference was it rusted if left for a week after a wet ride but the rust spots disappeared the first time you used the brake.

poah

rotor/pads won't last as long and raking won't be as good due to the rotor on any long decents. be fine for XC

cooldad

POAH wrote:

rotor/pads won't last as long and raking won't be as good due to the rotor on any long decents. be fine for XC

Rubbish.
Basically.

poah

cooldad wrote:

POAH wrote:

rotor/pads won't last as long and braking won't be as good due to the rotor on any long decents. be fine for XC

I talk Rubbish.
Basically.

indeed

cooldad

POAH wrote:

cooldad wrote:

POAH wrote:

rotor/pads won't last as long and braking won't be as good due to the rotor on any long decents. be fine for XC

I talk Rubbish.
Basically.

indeed

Even with your sneaky edit (to your own post), still rubbish.

poah

cooldad wrote:

POAH wrote:

cooldad wrote:

POAH wrote:

rotor/pads won't last as long and braking won't be as good due to the rotor on any long decents. be fine for XC

I talk Rubbish.
Basically.

indeed

Even with your sneaky edit (to your own post), still rubbish.

its not and you know it

cooldad

What's the difference between Shimano rotors and any one of a number of others? SS etc?

The Rookie

No it really is total rubbish.

poah

cooldad wrote:

What's the difference between Shimano rotors and any one of a number of others? SS etc?

no idea - resin only rotors aren't heat treated the same as the other shimano rotors hence the resin only label

swod1

the cheaper shimano rotors arent heat treated to hard them i think.

cooldad

So the answers are 'no idea' and 'I think'?

They might wear quicker (see I don't know either) but my last set lasted six years, 160mm rotors stopping a lardy coward who uses brakes a lot. A lot of that on sintered pads.

poah

cooldad wrote:

So the answers are 'no idea' and 'I think'?

They might wear quicker (see I don't know either) but my last set lasted six years, 160mm rotors stopping a lardy coward who uses brakes a lot. A lot of that on sintered pads.

the answer to difference between cheap shimano and SS is I don't know, the difference between resin only and other shimano is the heat treatment.

The Rookie

So how does the heat treatment affect the friction levels then?