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Description:High-Durability Formula:
EBC's new Gold-coded sintered bronze alloy brake pads are available for many high-performance calipers. They have the benefit of huge lifetime, an extremely high friction and good fade resistance. The Gold grade are best used on "open systems" due to their higher heat generation. If your caliper does not have an insulating system to prevent the heat being transferred into the caliper it would be inappropriate to use these pads in downhill use.
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Submitted by
Brian-cdn
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | perfect fit, consistent performance, seem to last well. | | Weaknesses: | may not be as grippy as original pads
Squeak, squeak, squeak... | | Similar Products Used: | Formula, Hayes, EBC reds, Koolstop, MEC. | | Bike Setup: | Formula B4 brakes | | Bottom Line: | I can't be sure but they may not have as much power as the original B4 pads, but, these were cheaper and in stock.
Wear seems fine, still working in their second season.
The squeak happens when I'm riding along not using the brakes, which is a bit annoying but not a huge issue. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Jap
a Cross Country Rider
from Nehtehrlands
Date Reviewed: October 30, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Kersten, Nijmegen | | Strengths: | Durable, cheap, no noise | | Weaknesses: | The brakes don't bite as hard as BBB pads. But that's also personal taste. | | Similar Products Used: | BBB, original Magura Julie pads | | Bike Setup: | Giant NRS3, Mavix x223 Disc, Magura Julie, Manitou Axel super fork (soon to be replaced by a marzocchi). | | Bottom Line: | Great buy. They last much longer and have the stopping power required. Work well in mud. If you want a real bite in your braking, buy the BBB pads. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Rick
a Weekend Warrior
from Columbus
Date Reviewed: December 4, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Gift | | Strengths: | I have no idea | | Weaknesses: | Don't hold in place like OEM pads | | Similar Products Used: | Hayes OE pads | | Bike Setup: | Giant AC-1 | | Bottom Line: | I would love to try these pads but, they don't "clip" in like the OE pads.
They fall out. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Patrick
a Cross Country Rider
from Morgan Hill
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Braille Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | No bloody squealing. | | Weaknesses: | Cheaper would be nice but that's always true. | | Similar Products Used: | Avid stock pads | | Bike Setup: | Yeti 575 with Avid mechs and Fox Talas. | | Bottom Line: | My stock Avid pads drove me up the wall. I am a bit of a freak about a tuned and quiet bike and I could not get those things to shut up. I switched to EBC on the recommendation of my LBS and once they got bedded in it was truly a beautiful thing. No loss in stopping power just happier fillings. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Dave
a Cross Country Rider
from Leicester,England
Date Reviewed: November 12, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Sherwood Pines,Nottingham | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | brakes4u.co.uk | | Strengths: | No need to bed in due to the new coating that EBC have applied (this also stops the brakes from making any noise when used). Excellent grip and feedback. | | Weaknesses: | Took a while to fit (lack of instructions) | | Similar Products Used: | Standard Hayes that came with the bike | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Enduro comp which is standard except for a Romic rear shock upgrade | | Bottom Line: | The only reason I tried these pads is due to the fact that I fitted EBC pads to my Yamaha R1 sports bike along with there discs. I was so impressed that I had to get them for my mountain bike.
Even though they have only been fitted for just under four weeks I have noticed the difference between these and the stock Hayes ones. The grip is 10 times better and you can tell what is going on when you do applie the brakes, there is no play and they bite straight away (Hayes pads were so c**p from day one, I thought I had air in the system so I bled them on several occasions but still had lots of play in them). They work well in all conditions and I have had no problems with all the mud and water that I have come across at this time of year (which is lots!!!!!!!!!!!).
The bottom line is if you want top notch pads buy these,they will not let you down. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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mark
a Cross Country Rider
from central va.
Date Reviewed: September 18, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | pocahontas | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$17.00 | | Purchased At: | airbomb | | Strengths: | price,power,break in period | | Weaknesses: | retainer spring does not fit without a little bending | | Similar Products Used: | C4s | | Bike Setup: | XTS-3 with mods | | Bottom Line: | the C4s that came with my Avid mechs did nicely except they only lasted under 500 miles. they took a few rides to develop their maximum grip. the EBCs were gripping better than the C4s by the time I had gotten to the end of my street (less than a 1/10 of a mile)and only about 5quick hard presses of the lever. I took them for a ride the next day in extreme conditions of mud and I kept making the guy I was riding with say huh cuz I kept remarking to myself a little too loud how well they were slowing or stopping.IMO they make a great disc brake even better. these are a better pad than the C4s and worth the money | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ziggy Stardust
a Cross Country Rider
from outer space
Date Reviewed: November 25, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | aebike.com | | Strengths: | Cheap, strong, great durability, good stopping power | | Weaknesses: | The exact pad brake application is not clearly labelled or identified on the packaging. Vague/ambiguous application data and cryptic numerical codes resulted in the bike store sending me the wrong pads. | | Similar Products Used: | Stock Avid pads for mech disc (which melted away in just a few short rides...and then cost $25 to replace!) | | Bike Setup: | Bianchi DISS with Avid mech discs | | Bottom Line: | I ride in a lot of mud and gritty slop. When I had V brakes I'd grind up pads and wheel rims like a flour mill grinds up wheat.
Disc brakes have helped with that problem alot, but I found on my Avid mechs that the stock pads literally melted away in just a few rides. They were $25 to replace and then melted away again...obviously unacceptable.
So since EBC made the Gold pads, which are specifically designed for nasty, muddy conditions I thought I'd give them a shot. Other than EBC's vague and crappy product ID system, which resulted in me getting pads for an earlier version of the Avid mech disc brake, they have been great.
After reading the reviews here, I don't know why the other guys had such problems. Not to undermine other people's opinions but honestly, alot of people do not know how to set up disc brakes properly. And if not set up properly, disc brakes performance will be terrible. This may have been why some of these other reviewers had problems.
As to my experience, I've ridden the heck out of these pads in really crummmy muddy conditions. I have worn them out, but they lasted the equivalent of 5 or 6 sets of stock Avid pads. They haven't squealed (maybe a little squeak here or there occasionally after getting wet), and provide plenty of stopping power (not noticeably less than stock Avids). Plus they were only $15.
Overall a positive experience for me, and I recommend them. However, I am taking away a fecal flambe because of the poorly specified application data on their packaging.
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Submitted by
nigel deutrom
a Weekend Warrior
from watford
Date Reviewed: September 1, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | watford woods | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | internet | | Strengths: | Not any | | Weaknesses: | Pads wore through after about 4 rides, squeel like mad compared to the original Hope Mini ones.
Pads crumble at edges and glaze after each two hour ride, requires cleaning an do not stop on the front at all, requires a hefty pull on the lever | | Bottom Line: | Woudl not recommend these at all | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nate
a Weekend Warrior
from Indianoplace
Date Reviewed: March 4, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Off to the side on the rocks and logs | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$18.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambria | | Strengths: | Might last dang near forever... | | Weaknesses: | ...because they don't grip worth a crap. | | Similar Products Used: | Avid Stock pads, EBC Red | | Bike Setup: | '01 Cannondale F600 Disc with bigger everything added to it | | Bottom Line: | I put EBC Golds on the front, EBC Reds on the back after wearing out the stock Avid pads that did quite well. The Reds grip like a mother, but that's a different review. With the Golds on the front, a clean rotor, and twice the break-in time that the back pads took, I couldn't get the front tire to lock on a slick, wet driveway. The dogs in the neighborhood went insane from the noise. People ran out to the curb with their trash thinking the garbage truck was coming early. But my bike sure didn't stop. Stuck the old Avid ones back on the front and about went over the handlebars when I touched the brake lever. That's more like it! Sorry, but I need brake pads that lock if I squeeze that hard. If they're good for a certain type of biking, I don't know what type that is. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ian (in London)
a Weekend Warrior
from London
Date Reviewed: December 3, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | This is an update after I spoke to EBC. I mentioned that I thought that their longevity was massively overrated, and it appears that they have had back many, many set of EBC Golds this winter so far that have lasted only one ride. | | Weaknesses: | See below | | Similar Products Used: | tonnes | | Bottom Line: | EBC are intorducing a new compound pad, due to popular demand and recent feedback that their pads aren't lasting that long at all.
The guys said that previously they were running completely different compounds to the first generation EBC Gold pads, and that these were supposed to work really well. However, the UK guy I spoke to said that they were starting to see loads of returns, burned out in one ride. Now they are introducing a new compound, based on their motocross enduro pads, which are due to arrive in the UK shortly. So, customer service is OK as they promised to send me a couple of replacement pairs when the new ones arrive, but just be aware that these are being replaced.
Let's hope the new ones are better. Full marks on customer service. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
J
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from Dall-ass, TX, USA
Date Reviewed: November 20, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | DURABILITY | | Weaknesses: | none that I noticed | | Similar Products Used: | Avid B3, Avid Organic, Delta | | Bike Setup: | Ellsworth id, foxforx, Romic, spinergy xyclones | | Bottom Line: | I do long rides. In a recent 24-hr race that got uber-sloppy with lots of clay, grit, mud and general nastiness these pads held up over 3 times as long as Avid B3 pads. I haven't noticed any less bite with these pads even though they're pretty damn hard.
If there's a more durable pad for Avids out there, I'd love to know what it is... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ian
a Weekend Warrior
from London
Date Reviewed: November 11, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Were available | | Weaknesses: | Don't last. Riding in the winter in the UK, these pads lasted one outing - no joke.....long life? I don't think so.
I have tried many pads, and the only ones that I have found that work well in the mud are the Shimano pads. I heard rave reviews about the EBCs super long life, so tried them. No difference between green and gold in any degree of mud. Both lasted one ride. At almost $20 each pair (!!!!) in the UK, this is an expensive bit of kit! | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano sintered, EBC Green, Fibrax | | Bike Setup: | FSR XC, BETD linkage, Fox Vanilla, nice odds and ends.. | | Bottom Line: | I am really struggling in the UK to find any pads that will last since the weather has turned sour. These are absolutely no better than the regular pads (and are more expensive). No doubt in the dry, they would last absolutely forever and generate a tonne of heat, but no pads wear out in the summer, even downhill specific pads, as the rotor barely wears out pads.....the grime does. So, have to give these a very dissappointed two thumbs down and frankly, I don't know what other people are going on about their long life.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Vincenzo D'Amato
a Cross Country Rider
from Salerno Italy
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Good braking power,good modulation also.
| | Weaknesses: | Wear is a little inconsistent when compared to the original HAYES-the friction material looks sometime like ripped apart at the edges of the pad,which never happened to the HAYES .Very expensive here in Italy. | | Similar Products Used: | HAYES stock:very good(power,modulation,consistent wear,very long lasting). | | Bike Setup: | FSR XC comp 2000,HAYES hydraulics,MARZOCCHI MXR coil,MRP link,DEORE octalink crankset and other stuff. | | Bottom Line: | The EBC gold are good pads which perform very close to the
excellent HAYES ones,maybe i can tell they offer a bit more feeling and slightly less bite,but the issue is it looks like they wear faster and they are more pricey,so i think i'll stick with the HAYES in the future.Other than that,if you manage to find them at a good price, they will be excellent replacement pads, more likely if your brakes don't come fitted with high quality pads like the HAYES. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
rob
a Cross Country Rider
from Australia
Date Reviewed: March 14, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Strengths: | A few hours to wear in.
Heap of metal on pad=long life.
Exactly the same (if not better) than Hayes (bite, power, modulation)
A heap cheaper than Hayes | | Weaknesses: | When used with HAyes, there are none. there may be probs with other brake systems, such as closed types. | | Similar Products Used: | Original Hayes, Fibrax (total rubbish) | | Bike Setup: | Giant hardtail with HAyes hydro discs | | Bottom Line: | It is rarely the case that something cheaper is better, but EBC golds are. I'd be using them for as long as I ride. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Wayne Wilson
a Cross Country Rider
from Everett Wa
Date Reviewed: January 1, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Devils Gulch | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$22.00 | | Purchased At: | Downhill Zone | | Strengths: | Power Power Power, Great feel and long life compared to stock pads.Almost no breakin period. | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Similar Products Used: | Stock Grimeca pads | | Bike Setup: | I-Drive 3.0,Xtr drivetrain,Time,Titec,Grimeca system 8 brakes | | Bottom Line: | The difference in stopping is very noticable. These pads changed these brakes from slightly stronger then my XT v-brakes to very powerfull and smooth. Other people I have talked to in this area ( lots of sand and mud ) say these last about 35% longer on average.Wish I would have known about these when I first set-up bike I would have shelled out the extra money from the start for the power.If you set the brakes up right and use these pads you can't go wrong. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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