If you have followed my blog for a while you will know that I swapped the original Sram pads out from the Apex calliper's within weeks of buying the bike. The feel and performance was crap. I have been running Absolute Black pads and not had any problems what so ever with them.
I knew they were nearly coming to the end of there life so shopped around for some new pads. I found some Swiss Stop Exotherm 2 pads going cheap. I have Exotherm pads fitted on my Creo 1 road bike and never had any problems so thought I would buy two pairs. My front pads were worn out so I fitted these with the new retaining bolt and split clip. The pistons in the calliper have not been extending out evenly, see photos below, I cleaned them up and pushed them back so might work more evenly now. I hate these Sram Apex brakes and just love all my different models of Shimano! Time will tell how the Exotherms last in the Sram callipers, as I say I have had no bother with the same pad in Ultegra callipers. As I always say shop around for a good deal as £37.99 is just a mental price to pay for two small pieces of metal with an even smaller brake surface on.
RRP £37.99 and I paid £22.50 from Team Cycles, Gateshead.
Manufacturers Blurb -
Fits
SRAM
Brake Calipers
- Red eTap AXS gen 2 HRD
- Force eTap AXS
- Rival eTap AXS
- Level Ultimate,TLM B1 (2020+),TL,T,Level
- XX
- XO
Avid
Brake Calipers
- Elixir 9,5,3,1,CR,R
Characteristics
Maximum pad life. Minimum brake fade.
EXOTherm2 combines a very durable, easy to modulate compound with a cooling fin equipped back plate to provide consistent, powerful braking in all conditions.
- pad wear rate is much lower than competitors
- smooth, consistent brake performance
- lightweight at 22 grams per pair (Disc 28 EXOTherm2)
performance
0 (worst) - 10 (best)
Initial Bite: 7
Modulation: 9
Longevity: 10
Heat Tolerance: 10
Noise Dry: 9
Noise Wet: 7
PN:P100006272
EAN:7640121225154
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| Don't worry I have wiped off the excess copper slip |
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