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Whilst riding to the start of last weeks Rivington ride hosted by Lowey my rear brake pads decided to come apart leaving me with a ride home to change bikes 👿
Yesterday was out on long ride with wife, had just rode down the rocky decent from the TV mast and what should happen the ****ing new pads i put in this week decided to fall apart 👿 1 ride and they come apart I was ****ing livid, I can't remember the internet shop where i purchased them as it is over a year ago. I should have known that buying in bulk was not a good thing 🙁 I still had 2 sets but they have gone into the bin, its not worth the risk.
lol
What make of pad?
Please be SSC!!!
Ill warm up the Cephalopod grot....
why nick?
you getting all excited
Because the one time i ever tried non-genuine manufactures pad was with SSC and they ALL fell apart!
That was Juicy 5 and Hope Mini Mono. IME you get what you pay for. It's the mixed reviews of SSC that amaze me. Some get on fine, others share my experiences.
Others and myself have all had problems with SSC pads coming off the backing. But been using the ones from [url= http://www.discobrakes.com ]www.discobrakes.com[/url] and no complaints.
Cheaper than SSC + in loads of different compound flavours too.
Ive recently bought some of the pricier ones from disco, looking forward to trying them out.
Recently had some Imperial pads fall off their baking during removal for servicing. Interestingly MTBDirect from whom they were originally bought no longer stock any aftermarket pads....
dare i say it - were they bedded in correctly? I'm an SSC pads user and mine have been fine.
looking forward to trying them out.
you need to get out more. I look forward to much more exciting things than that.
they were probably stored in a cupboard of incorrect temperature next to a hammer and in the vicinity of a rock. That'll do it every time
I'm another superstar fan, the last few batches I've had of them have worked well, never fqailed, and have lasted as long as original avids...
no complaints here
Bedding in will make no difference to the friction material falling off the backing - that is purely a manufacturing fault
were you wearing a helmet?
Faultering SSC fan here - after my magura pads came off their backing I bought some SSC and although remaining on their backing they seem to be wearing at a rate of knots despite bedding properly and rarely being used. Might be time to try disco just for test purposes.
Cheaper than SSC + in loads of different compound flavours too.
Only if you buy in more than 2 sets, 1 pair of their cheapest is currently ~8.50 inc postage, SSC is 6.49.
i had that problem with a2z brake pads
going to try ssc instead
wHO IS LULU?
wHO IS LULU?
a spammer with seconds to live
do me long time?
Yes pook I always wear a helmet, it has saved my skull on numerous occasions 😀
As I said in my original post I am not sure where I bought them as it was quite a while ago. I have had others fail before from the same lot I bought but they have always been at the end of their life, so I just presumed I had run them too long 😕
SSC does ring a bell as I have used them in the past, but I can't be sure so I am not going to blame them YET.
All I know is the packet they came in has small stickers inside them.
Lulu and TJ obviously share the same thoughts.
You said you got them a year ago - I bet their superstars, the dodgy batch. Brant will replace them.
Soooorrrry not brant, fruit!
Soooorrrry not brant, fruit!
buzz-lightyear will ssc replace them if they are theirs ❓
I was a SSC fan until my pads fell apart this weekend.
My SSC pads didnt come with any stickers, so i think you are chasing the wrong company. Not used disco pads, but friends have had pads fall apart from them. Hey ive had hope pads fall apart
Turnipoid
Not used anythign other than Goodridge recently.
BUT Was doing a job on my mates bike. Both pads onhis rear brake separated from their friction material.
On both sides the backing plates had some corrosion where the friction material sticks to the plate, so it looks like hte corrosion has "pushed" the friction material away from the palte. This is the second set hes had this happen.
Perhaps the backing plates need to made from a more corrosion resistant material?
Oh and both sets were from Superstar, so have advised him to send them back for refund / replacement.
All my disco pads have fell apart and came with small stickers but the superstar pads have been fine.
I've new SSC on the rear, going to have new Disco on the front. Will report back after my weekend in the lakes.
😕