Looking for new pads for my BB7, for commuting in all conditions. Not sure how much of a factor noise in, but longevity is more important I reckon!

Avid has organic, semi-metallic and sintered pads available, but also open to other brands that are avail in the EU. I’ve read a lot of people recommend EBC Gold Sintered pads which you can find on ebay.co.uk!

Stop agonising about it and buy the standard pads. Metallic or sintered are noisier, grip less and will wear the disc more.

Just don’t do what my colleague did after he bought my Tricross with BB7s; I saw the bike a few weeks alter in a filthy state with the brakes completely oiled up and when I asked him why, he told me he was spraying the hubs with WD40 every evening. The brakes were still performing well enough for him despite being grossly contaminated and caked with greasy filth so he hadn’t been bothered.

I buy whatever’s cheap at the time, like Lifeline or Nukeproof on CRC

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/lifeline-avid-juicy-disc-brake-pads/rp-prod155570

Avid Sintered.

Metallic or sintered are noisier, grip less and will wear the disc more

but will still be effective in the wet.

Are organic no good in the wet? I didn’t even know that..

Straight Organic will work in wet but won’t live very long in such conditions. Sintered are basically made for this scenario. You trade the greater bite and less need for warming up of organic against the life and consistency of less ultimate power and more need for warming up of sintered.

I’d probably go sintered now, organic are great but having to keep tweaking the pads is a pita for commuting.

Sintered are louder than Hope.
Anything but the Avid pads are rubbish – looking at you Clarks.

Lot of chaps at MTBR vote for EBC Gold, although some say they have fit issues 🙄

Lots of rain here, so sintered seems to be the way to go. Swissstop 17 sintered seems to be the best best, but is almost 2x more expensive that Avid sintered.

Never had an issue with Superstars or Uber sinted pads for my bikes that run with BB7’s.

I stock up at sale times.

Mine are silent. Fatbike and roadbike.