SINTER - BEST ORGANIC BRAKE PADS EVER

Sinter offers four types of brake pads for different performance groups and applications.

A correctly functioning braking system is fundamental to a bicycle's safe operation. If you are not confident in your ability to install your brake pads, we recommend you seek the help of a trained professional, such as the bike mechanic at your local bike shop. Brakes are a safety-critical system, so great care should be taken when working on them.

Sinter organic disc brake pads are a significant upgrade to your brake system. For optimal performance, it is important that they are installed and bedded in correctly.

The bedding-in process prepares the brake disc and pads to work together to slow you down. The two components need to become more alike, so your pads have more to work with than just some laser-cut metal. When you bed in your pads, you move some pad material over to the disc so that when you brake, there is maximum contact of friction material. This then allows your system to work efficiently, giving you better results.

 Take some time to clean and degrease your brake disc. Effective braking relies on the surfaces of your pads and discs working in harmony. When you bed-in the new pads, material from the pad will be deposited on the disc, so having a clean disc for this material to adhere to is critical.

1. Install your new pads according to the brake system manufacturer's instructions, taking care not to touch the pad compound. Simply hold the pads between your fingers using the backing plate, or better yet, use gloves.
2. Be careful not to activate the brake lever without the wheel installed. If this happens, you may need to push your pads and pistons back into the caliper with an appropriate tool.
3. When you have re-installed your wheels, it's time to perform the bed-in process, and for this, we recommend a traffic-free environment.
4. Ride your bike at 15km/h or 10mph and activate your brakes 20 times, but never lock up your wheels. Apply the brake to reduce speed to 5km/h, release the brake, and repeat that action.
5. Then, increase your speed to 25km/h or 15mph and apply the brakes 10 times, this time harder. Again it's important not to lock up your brakes. Reduce your speed each time you brake to 5km/h like before.
6. Then ride 30km/h or 20mph and brake hard twice down to 5km/h.
7. Your pads will now be bedded in. This process is important to follow. If you don't bed the pads correctly, you will not have full braking performance when you ride.