The MTB thread

Originally Posted by robchester

Yeah it is, but its not seen enough use, partly through me not gelling with the bike, and partly through laziness. If I'd been nearer to decent trails then maybe it would have had more use, but as it is and not having anyone else to ride with then its not working out. I dont think I should have bought the Rockhopper in the first place and instead bought one of my other choices. The Cube's felt different somehow, even if the spec didnt quite match that of the Specialized.

I'm looking to sell it to fund some studio lighting kit for the camera which a mate is looking to sell.

The problem lies in it been a specialized i rode the top speck hard rock pro (2006 i think) and couldent stand it somthing about them that i carnt quite pin point, ohh well my azonic evoII frame was leaps better althogh at half the cost(back then) of the whole specialized bike it was a bit pricey

I'm just about to order a new disc, so thought I should get new pads as well, should I go for organic or sintered? Just for all round riding, single track, trail centres etc, will be with 180mm discs on a Giant XTC composite.

sintered althogh they wont last as long (generly) but they brake better in my opinion

[Jayneflakes]

^^ agreed, sintered pads give better feel.

Cheers for the tips, unfortunately I was impatient and ordered some organic ones in the meantime

I'll see how I get on and will get some sintered if I don't like them.

Organic are better for heat dissipation, disc wear and also noise.

Sintered are far better if you ride in the wet/mud.


Fairly sure you are only meant to use organic with some brakes, Magura comes to mind.

Originally Posted by ivantate

Organic are better for heat dissipation, disc wear and also noise.

Sintered are far better if you ride in the wet/mud.


Fairly sure you are only meant to use organic with some brakes, Magura comes to mind.

some manufacturers like magura do advise to use organic, its to do with how well the callipers/disks take the heat my old maguras would warp the disks if i used sintered, but have had no problem with the floating rotors on my Hope's and im on my 3rd set of sintered

[northwind]

Just put a set of kevlar pads in mine, which are sort of a halfway house, though apparently gritstone absolutely destroys them. Quite pleased so far, they seem quieter than the sintered ones I used before and slightly more powerful, but I don't think they'll last.

PS, woo, snow is mostly gone from glentress and we've booked a weekend away at kirroughtree again

[CheGuevara]

Collecting this from the shop tomorrow after waiting for over a month. I am very excited:

cool looks nice and light