I hate noisey brakes and both my disc road biased bikes scream like screamy things at the slightest sign of damp. My fingers are hovering over the buy button. Anyone bought them?
Bought them to try to cure the squealing on my Surly Cross check fitted with Onyx cantis. They did nothing. Eventually changed to a set of Vs that cured it.
Think BruceWee is getting confused, Swissstop now selling new disc brake pads which claim to be super quiet, road.cc seemed impressed when they reviewed them.
As it is, all my rim brakes have Swissstop pads, and they're good enough (quiet, powerful, modulation) that I'd certainly trust their disc brake pads also.
There are several possible reasons that brakes squeal and unless that reason is contamination then changing the pads probably isn't going to help.
I bought Swissstop pads because they were recommended for curing squealing and they did nothing. If you buy Swisstop pads they might stop the squealing but be prepared to start changing out other things starting with the adapter (although I guess if it's a road bike there might not be one), then the caliper. If you get really desperate you could try a new fork.
Before buying anything I would do the following, assuming you haven't already:
1. Bleed the brakes (if they are cable then consider changing the cables for the best quality you can afford)
2. Take the pads and rotors off and stick them in the oven, 250 degrees for 5 minutes.
3. Make sure the faces of the caliper, adapter, and mount points are as flat as possible. Lightly filing should be enough if you don't have access to a facing tool.
I haven't but a commuter friend of mine has tried them. He has been running a new SRAM Force disc set-up for a good few months on his CX bike - they squealed, then he tried Swissstop pads, they still squealed.
He has recently installed a Campag disc set-up on one of his road bikes. They were quieter initially (which he was over the moon about) but now also squeal.
Well that’s a bunch of money saved then. Thanks everyone.
I’m using bog standard shimano resin pads. Totally silent. Wet or dry.
I’m using bog standard shimano resin pads. Totally silent. Wet or dry.
Me too. How can that be? I never did anything clever. Just installed the brakes fresh out of the box, bled them, set them up as straight using the one eye squint technique, and hey presto! I've been through two sets of pads since new, so can't imagine it was just luck.
(Shimano Ultegra on a Scott Foil with Hunt wheels - in case that is relevant)
Can’t comment on these pads, but I can say that my Shimano roadie discs get very squeal-y. Fixed by blowtorching the pads for 20sec with a wee kitchen blowtorch. I need to do this every few months but it’s been 100% effective.