Sintered or organic pads for the Alps?

Organic after a very very quick learning curve last time I was there . I used sintered and Kevlar

I was running centreline 200mm rotors with xt 4pots .. blued the rotors which were howling after the first day , switched to resign and the world became much better.

Going back in 6 weeks with 6 sets of resign in the bag oh and a 223 and 203 🙂

The main issue though is that, once they’ve heated up, sintered pads howl unbearably.

That’s EXACTLY my experience of Alps riding – the howling was unbearable when I tried sintered.

First Alps trip I went through multiple sets of organic pads. Next time I thought I’d use sintered for some longevity but couldn’t tolerate the noise so swapped them out after the first day – back to organic. From then on (about 2015) I’ve been using UberBike ‘Race Matrix’ pads which I find a good compromise – still get some howling after a lot of abuse, but generally silent up to that point.

Now using 4-pot Zees with thicker Magura Storm HC rotors 203/180 and Race Matrix pads. Work well for me although probably swap to 223/203 before my next Alps trip.

Thanks for your help on this guys. I ordered some bits from Uber bike on Thursday and they arrived today. Top marks!
Fitting a 203mm rotor to the rear of the bike and have an assortment of kevlar and e-bike specific pads (or extreme endurance as they put it) plus the sintered pads I already have. Love the rotor, it’s a big old chunk of metal.
Am in final process of honing my body now. Riding every day and able to climb decent hills without too much effort. Everything is aligning nicely.