I’ve had my current gravel bike since June 2019 and it seems to eat brake rotors. The brakes are Ultegras with resin pads. It’s done 5,500 miles since I got it and after 2,000 the first set of rotors, some cheap ones, were worn so much there was a big notch on each of the spokes. I think maybe a third of the rotor had gone.
I replaced them with some fancier Tektro ones, which have black painted sections that act like a wear indicator on a rim. These have just started to wear out. While I ride quite a bit, and around 3/4 of it is off road (though an awful lot of it is just old railway lines and paved paths), I don’t brake that much because of the nature of gravel riding and this seems a bit much. I’ve gone through four sets of pads in the same time.
Is anyone else munching through rotors? Can anone suggest a cure, like different pad compounds? I’d be interested to hear if there are any rotors that last well.