disc brake pads

[oldgit]

I'm going to need new pads for my Avid Elixir 5 soon. CRC have some but confuse me with the list of
Metal Organic
Organic
Sintered
No fertilizer involved (joke)
What the difference? After all I was brought up a roadie!!

[thistle]

Organic is like rubber - very grippy and stops you really fast but wears down very fast, especially if it's wet and muddy.
Sintered is like metal - not as grippy but lasts for ages. I think sintered heat up a lot more than organic as well, so you might get more fading on a big downhill.

Metal organic is somewhere inbetween.

I tend to use sintered all the time and it's OK with me, but depends on preference.

[oldgit]

Thanks; also something to learn in cycling; may be getting too techy for it's own good

[Rupert]

Just remember if you want to save some cash it's worth looking at Discobrakes
www.discobrakes.com/

They also do semi metallic which I think is some kind of half way house

[Deleted]

organic for summer/dry conditions
sintered for winter/wet conditions (if you're in the uk, it's sintered pretty much all year round then!)

[oldgit]

Thanks Rupert . That link looks useful
I think I'll go for metalic/organic as at my age I don't go tear-assing down the hills and i do most of my riding in dry-ish conditions riding trails for 2 months in France. Not Morzine type places I hasten to add

[tom123]

Im trying hard ceramic in the front, extremly powerful in wet and dry when the rotor warms up,one finger needed

[Whitty999]

Fibrax might be worth a look at for brake pads etc, local company blah blah blah.
www.fibrax.com/