New XT 785 brakes landed today 🙂 came with the finned pads, which are xtr FO3C and £26 a pair. I can get 4 pairs of non finned sintered superstar ones for that…..what is reccomended for spares ?

Finned pads or Ice-tec rotors make bugger all difference unless you’re riding really long, brake heavy descents all the time. I didn’t have any problems with my XTs, normal rotors and non finned pads in the Alps last year. I use non finned, sintered pads in mine.

Do u not find the superstar pads howl if there is a rain cloud within 5 miles?

I use Fibrax pads and get no squeel or howling at all.

Ice Tec pads for 1 week a year in the Alps, Aztec/ Alligator in the appropriate compound for the other 51 does the job nicely for me.

Pads are interchangeable aren’t they ( ie between finned and non-finned pads)?

Yeah, the non finned ones fit. Think I will stick with superstar 4 packs when the finned ones wear out.

Thanks all

Replaced the finned Sintered pads in my Saint M820’s with the new race compound from Uberbike.

My lord they were good before but now 😯

So have a look at those they do them for all models spoke with the guys at Uberbike when I got them and they said they were very pleased with them.

Didn’t like the SS Kevlar ones, howl like a banshee. I prefer sintered ones from Uberbike personally.