[Closed] Superstar brake pads - any good ?

they're fine for me, on all my bikes. Not as good as the original pads, and they do very occasionally fail rather fast, but at 1/4 the cost its a no brainer.

Used about 10 sets over the last few years without a problem
good value.

for some strange reason, this thread reminded me to order the new Fabric mix by Four Tet
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Cheap but too much faff content for me. Brake pads are something I want to fit & forget.

On my 4th pair, no problems so far. They don't seem to have the 'bite' of the originals, but they're great value for money. And you can't beat free Haribo. Ever.

I needed some new ones in Whistler this summer and the only one they had were SS Kevlar ones and they worked brilliantly. I can't really comment on the longevity though as I destroyed my rear shock in the bike park, but I will probably be buying them again.

The sintered ones are great, last ages.

Not sure what faffing ^^ there is to do?

Been using them for years now, as no other company can compete on price, I don't even want to try other brands and pay through the nose!

Originals are nearly as expensive as car pads!

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Fine - but I have to faff with a file to get them to fit Magura Marta SLs

SS kevlar pads in my Hopes on the blur, no problems at all, excellent performance and lasting well, I bought the 4 pack, still on the first set 6 months later!

I use them on Avids absolutlely perfect and cheap.

Kevlars all the way, othing like em... they do need flatting off though as said previously.

Kevlar's is where its at....erm... dude. Cheap as chips and good at stopping you. What more do you want?

disco pads are pretty much the same - have more compound options aren't run by fruit.

win win

I got some sintered ones for my Juicy 3's to replace original organics and have been very impressed with them. One thing though is they are so noisy that on tow paths I don't even need a bell anymore, I just brake and people generally mess themselves. They might just need sanding a bit though.

I have always wondered how some people can go through pads in one ride.. Mine lasted 6 months... Then I did W2 in the wet, I can now see how you can go through pads so quick.

Kevlar ones didn't last as long as the Sintered, but they did have a lot of stopping power and the rain didn't make a difference to them.

Got a set in my elixirs and they are great, better than the ones that were in there before.

cheap too

Dave.

for some strange reason, this thread reminded me to order the new Fabric mix by Four Tet

It's good, I was listening to it this morning.

I have always wondered how some people can go through pads in one ride..

I thought the same until I started doing it in the Alps this summer! Only happened in very steep places with very long runs like Verbier though. Superstar Kevlar and Organic both crumbled before my eyes in the space of a run or two.

Have returned to sintered now.

Try Hayes MX-4, Shimano SLX or Shiman XTR. Hayes brake system is very popular in the market and no one had any major problem with this brake.

Just put the Kevlars in my Elixir's, had to rub a bit of the paint off the back to get them in but they work fine

one set of kevlar has lasted a days uplift at cwmdown in the gritty mud, a week of Alps riding including a very scary first day of draggy brake action and there is still at least 75% of the pad left.

No issues on these or the 4-5 pairs of various SS i've used in the past.

Mates the same and used his in Juicy fives for the same as above.

disco pads are pretty much the same - have more compound options aren't run by fruit.

win win

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jasonborne - Member
Try Hayes MX-4

Firstly did you read the thread, it's for pads not whole brake systems.

Secondly, is it 1991 again? Hayes MX-4's! They made BB7's feel sophisticated!

have run kevlars fine for the past couple of years including the alps twice but on the last trip a couple of weeks ago I averaged almost a pair a day. Dodgy batch maybe?

sintered and organic used on M4s, V2s and stroker trails, alps and stuff, no problems.

I'm running 2 pairs of the Kevlar pads from Superstar running on a pair of Hope Mono M4s - been very good so far (about 6 months now - they aren't quite as good in the wet as sintered but a couple of quick grabs of the brake tends to sort them out).

I've utterly crap on a bike and tend to use far too much brakes constantly...they seem to handle my use well and I'm sure if I actually developed some skill they'd last even longer (although hardly any noticeable wear so far).

Wearing well and seem to work well so I've no complaints...think I paid £20 delivered for 4 pairs...happily buy them again.

Had them on 2 bikes now 18 months and 5 months (HT and Orange Five) and running the Kevlars and they have been faultless!

I've used Kevlar Reds with Hope calipers for the last year, no problems.
Bonus points for Haribo and quick delivery 😀

I use them and think they're great, wouldn't bother with anything else. Front Avid one has lasted a month of almost daily Whistler abuse (with still a bit of life left in it). The rear brake hasn't fared so well but I think it's because formula k18s use tiny pads not made for proper mountains.

I have always wondered how some people can go through pads in one ride..

Easy, just ride Cut Gate in the rain... 😯

Some of the superstar catalog looks good. I use him as an example in school DT lessons. I teach DT. The young man behind Superstar started the business with £2k, mainly pads. Had some issues with early pads. Current pads apparently good. Having said that I buy Clarks, I find them as good as the orignals or EBC and Clarks can be found cheap. I like that the Superstar guy has bought a 2nd hand CNC milling centre and is looking to make chainrings (to begin with) in the UK. Good luck to him. We need more Hope. Maybe one day I'll crank some ideas of my own out from the shed.

I'm a fan... Superstar can be a right crap company but the pads are good. The kevlars are the best all-rounders I've used.

Only issue I've found with them is that they need to be broken in right... The problem is that they start making power almost immediately, so it's easy to think "that's them bedded in" but if you don't give them just as much bedding in as you would sintered pads, they end up wearing very fast. Or such is my experience anyway.