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I’m currently in a position where I have two “bikes” that will be sharing one set of wheels until I can find a reason to justify splashing out on a second set (or at least find a close enough excuse to do so).
Bike A is currently running with sintered pads but the new bike B will soon be built up with resin,as this will be what is fitted to the new four pot SLX brakes.
Am I right in thinking that to stop myself from having some terrible time with the new brakes I would need to swap in sintered pads as this is what the existing rotors have been used with? Or am I just over thinking this and won’t have any issues running resin and sintered pads on the same rotor when swapping wheels between bikes?
i have swapped wheels between Kevlar and organic pads in the past with no issues. Only issue I got was brake rub and often had to re align the calipers for some reason when I changed the wheels.
You are overthinking it. I've swapped "wheels" between "bikes" without "problems". You can quote me on that.
In theory you should bed them in again as a part of bedding in is getting a thin layer of pad material on the disc - however in practice I suspect no great issues - just be aware it might take a couple of stops to get them up to full power
i have swapped wheels between Kevlar and organic pads in the past with no issues.
Thats because Kevlar are organic pads.
Going from Organic pads to sintered often causes squealing for a while, going back the other way can mean a loss of power for a bit. Neither will kill you you.
Ok, so I guess I’ll just give it a try and see what happens.
If you have the same type of brakes then move the pads with the wheels or just have another set of rotors and swap keep them on the same bike. Then you will always have good brakes and when you get more wheels you'll already have the rotors and won't even need to bed them in.
I still think that there is over thinking going on here, unless you are changing wheels, then immediately launching off the direct start at the top of Mt7.
Not over thinking, it doesn't matter what altitude the first braking point is. I would rather have good brakes straight from the off than not know how well they are going to work when I squeeze the lever.
Swapping pads or rotors while swapping over wheels isn't really much more effort.
Choosing one bike over another when not changing tyres would mean I just wouldn't use one of the bikes so that makes things easier...
If you think that I think it is to do with the altitude of the first braking point, then you certainly are overthinking, and to a considerable degree. More to do with a sustained gravity propelled plummet that goes on and on. They majority of rides are not like that. Swap wheels. Start riding. Don't do anything crazy straight away. You'll be fine. Try not to think about what would happen if your handlebars snapped...