These are great pads, good value and perform really well, buy them… read on if you want a bit more info.
If you’ve clicked my little Strava thing on the front page you’ll have seen Icycle on average around 140 miles a week a mix of commuting and pleasure, a mix of 60% on and 40% off-road. (I’ve not been in the office recently so it may be a bit lower) Having exhausted the stock SRAM pads I was looking for new pads that met my needs and tried quite a few (at least 5) different brands, from SRAM originals to Evans own brand, they all do the job of stopping you, but in my experience they also all seem to have the same 2 base problems: – Horrible brake screech – One of the retaining springs snaps causing the pads not to retract properly. I think Gorilla brakes have got this dialled with these pads and compound, installing on front and back at the same time, even during the bedding in process there was only the faintest of squeals in the wet, something that really used to make me cringe as I pulled up to traffic lights at 7:30 in the morning. Stopping performance wise, these are great, living in the Peak District I have some fast and winding descents to tackle and these stop quickly every time i’ve needed them to, if anything, I’m more concerned about being ham-fisted and locking up on a gravelly path at 30 mph although it’s not happened yet. I’ve been using the probikegarage app to monitor my components and having ridden these pads for around 1,200 miles the springs still seem stiff and solid, but given how gritty half my route is at the moment I changed the fronts last weekend as there wasn’t a great deal of pad left and I was servicing my bike anyway. So these pads, until Gorilla brakes release an upgraded compound, are now on my permanent spares list, they bed in fast, are quiet and from what I’ve experienced have a great life span too. Gorilla brakes also have fantastic customer service, they respond quickly to enquires and so far I’ve never had to wait more than a day for delivery also for shiny bolts take a look at their sister company tibikes too.
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Mike GaskellI started commuting around May 2017, mainly to save the £45 a week train fare and get ready for the Dunwich Dynamo. Archives
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