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Do I have any option other than OEM at £20/pair?
I'm peeved enough about having to replace them for my warrantied caliper (as well as buy a bloody bleed kit, due to the caliper doing what Shimano calipers seem to want to do whatever the application), but when I found the price I got proper grumpy.
Nobody like Uberbike seems to do aftermarket.
Tredz has the finned ones at £15.99 - Just seen Sigma Sports have them for £15 (wish I'd seen that a couple of days ago when I ordered my pair... especially as they're just down the road from me).
I did see some un-finned ones when I was having a hunt. Possibly Clarkes ones?
Ah - Evans (if you want to risk it...) with unfinned for £9.99. Will probably go with that next time (which seems to be sooner than most other pads I've ever used...
Evans:
https://www.evanscycles.com/shimano-k02s-steel-backed-resin-disc-brake-pads-EV294350
All the best,
Rich
Wiggle do the K02S (unfinned resin) for £8.99 too - just seen...
Rich
Discobrakes for £6.75, or 4 pairs for £20. https://www.discobrakes.com/?s=0&t=0&c=14&p=1896
Cheers Craig - bookmarked those...
Rich
Excellent! Thanks very much all!
I have RS805 on the gravel bike and tried out Shimano's metal sintered, finned pads (L04C) which cost me £35 for two sets. Absolutely bloody terrible and the scream like mad in anything other than bone-dry conditions. I tried everything I could to make them not squeal, but in the end, went back to Shimano's organic compound instead, which are absolutely fine. Expensive mistake, that.
On a completely unrelated note, I have two sets of L04C pads, nearly unusued that I'd be happy to sell... 😉