I *HATE* squealing brake pads, so I'm willing to trade off longevity for quiet with the organic compound. I rarely have the dreaded squeal. Maybe at the beginning of the ride after toting the bike in the rain on the back of the car or on a super long descent after a nasty muddy section. Riding in Vermont through mud, gravel and dust with frequent 3 mile 1,000 foot descents I've gone through these pads pretty frequently. I get maybe 800-1,200 miles out of them. Relative to my road bike clincher brakes, it feels insane, but I guess that's what progress is all about.
I used these to replace the OEM pads on my Force calipers. Others have told me that there is less propensity for brake squeal with the aluminum backing plates. So far so good, but make sure to do a proper bed-in of the new pads as SRAM recommends. The pad material is organic...shorter pad life than semi-metallics, but more rotor friendly. I'm OK with that tradeoff.
SRAM, who has ground breaking technology, has yet to innovate on how to concisely describe their small parts. If you have a road or gravel bike, it's tough to figure out which brake pads to buy. Once you do, these will work great.
Simple installation, they last, and I've never had a pair fail. I ride lots of hill repeats throughout the year in all conditions, so I'm trying out the variety of materials, from the organic quiet, to the powerful sintered copper options. The latter seem to provide more miles on hills, albeit with more noise. I'm an advocate of changing out brake pads well before the minimum thickness specification as opposed to having to replace rotors, so I keep several pair on hand.
The pads my Aeroad came with were junk. I replaced them with these pads last fall and Ive been pretty happy with them. Keep your rotors clean and pull your pads for a cleaning when things get wet. Wet conditions bring grime and abrasives into your braking system. Pull your pads and clean with rubbing alcohol, let dry, reinstall. Pad life will increase and rotor wear will decrease. These pads are kinda noisy when wet, but that's a fact of life with disc brakes. If you have your music loud enough in your ear pieces you will not hear the noise. ;)
Pads wear out and need to be replaced. I always chose the OEM pads when replacing them since I'm not willing take the risk of buying off name pads, especially on my wife's bike. I've never encountered an issue with SRAM pads.
I have been riding with SRAM's Organic/Steel brake pads for 4 years now. They are mostly quiet, as advertised and despite the description indicating that the braking power is not quite as high as other compounds, it is plenty strong for me. I can brake as hard as I would ever want.
Only downside may be the life of the pads. I find that they last about 3000 miles, which is less than a season for me. I haven't tried others, so I cannot compare.
Good stopping power even in the wet. Pretty noisy on longer decents . Fair pad life for a 170lb rider in the mountains of Colorado
Great packaging and easy to install. A bit noisy during first use, improved to very mild squeaks with more aggressive breaking over short distances. Zero noise or issues with hill descent. Bought the Sintered/Steel (Powerful) version.
they might squeal a little in wet or humid conditions but they are durable, and provide excellent stopping power. As long as you keep things clean between rides these pads will last for quite a while. Im going on 2000 miles with these pads and Im kind of a clean freak so YMMV.
Easy to install and maintain. Organic pads are the way to go for quite braking.
For the money I find that the SRAM AXS brake pads work perfectly with the SRAM rotors. I can't say that they last longer than any other brake pads, Because it will depend on your riding style, terrain and rider weight.
What can say. They stop the bike and are quiet. A+
