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They're road pads, right? What was the "single race"? Or was it one of those "I started this race with worn pads and they died during it" exaggerations.
I've ridden TCR on a single set of metal pads and now chop and change between metal and resin based on what's in stock. I would normally fit metal for longer stuff, for the durability but I also don't mind swapping pads out during a race nowadays so I tend to just run whatever.
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Should’ve written ‘ride’ rather than race. They were brand new, ridden only on this year’s Tour of Flanders. Thankfully the callipers survived and worked fine for Liege-Bastogne-Liege, with sintered pads.
ToF also killed a set of new Cadex hubs, which took a bit but were warrantied in time for LBL. The new bearings felt fine.
Leshaches
These are a client’s resin pads after a single race. He’s also a tall fella. Ask for Shimano semi-metallic brake pads, or even metallic if you’ve been using semi metallic already.