Want to order some spare pads for my new 2010 Saint’s

Anyone any recommendations?

I’ve seen it said the OEM pads are not the best

Well Superstars are supposed to be good. I ordered some 2 weeks ago but they haven’t arrived yet!

superstars are cheap and reasonable. seems like a good bet

I ordered on 20/11/2010, they were dispatched on 22/11/2010 and still not received. Phoned twice in this period and told that I have to wait 10 working days which means that tomorrow I can phone up and they will start to do something about it! Not happy.

Andy – who are you not happy with superstar or royal mail?
Sounds like superstar did there job quick enough and now your pads are in the huge backlog of royal mail parcels. Which obviously you now have to wait for royal mail terms and conditions to apply if they are missing which they are probably not but just stuck in the snow.

Chill out man, some of us have a couple if hundred pounds worth of bits waiting to be delivered (others thousands most probably)……..

Any other options than superstar?

you can use hope m4 pads if you file the tabs off. very good pads

I have got, but not fitted, a set of Swisstop pads for them. I have had their pads on all my other brakes and the differnce that they make is amazing. The XT’s I had went from pretty good with the standard to brilliant with Swisstops and I am expecting similar improvement with the 810’s.
There not cheap at £24 quid an end but they are cheaper than the Shimano ones and are last well as long as you bed them in properly.

Have you tried the brakes yet? I’ll buy shimano pads again.

I had a set of Saint brakes and now a set of SLX brakes and I swear by Shimano pads – I find nothing else lasts as well.

Saint for a 7 stone rider in the flatlands?

You fitted Saints to your car then Nige? 😉

I’ve only just fitted the brakes, and haven’t even bed them in with the weather and all, I’m looking out for spares. I suppose I should see how the OEM’s go

SSS – of course the Saint’s are overkill, I just got fed up with issues with the other brakes I’ve tried. They look as if they could stop my car though 😀

Rik- Only pissed off with superstar with the attitude when I’ve phoned them. Which seems to be , well we’ve sent them, not our problem.

I used Superstars in my XTs, same pads I believe, worked very well. They were a wee bit oversized due to the thickness of the coating on the paint but 2 seconds with a file fixed that, once in they were better than OEM.

Andyhilton – Member

“Rik- Only pissed off with superstar with the attitude when I’ve phoned them. Which seems to be , well we’ve sent them, not our problem.”

There’s not much they can do til it passes the mail’s deadlines to be fair. Doesn’t excuse a crap attitude but they can’t file an item as lost/delayed til then.

I’ve got Saints on two bikes, and the Superstar Red pads (dual something or whatever) are very good.

superstar are in Lincoln and I suspect have been up to their balls in snow like us, we’ve only got post for the first time in a week on Sat, they prob did send them and they are sat in the sorting office.

Not if they said they posted them on the 22nd I reckon.

disco brakes pads?
Quite cheap and work well.