Pads: Tensile Bubblegums. Time used: 1 Month-ish. Rim used: Onza Hog (hedghog one) Grind: Yes (Medium) Ceramic: No Brake used: Magura What is your opinion of a working brake: Good Bite, Nice noise, But Brake did give away a couple of times. Previous pads: Koolstops, Koxx brown, Rim jam greens, Heatsink blue, ZOO!, Plazzies CRM. (All these pads were with a grind oh, and NO tar) Koolstops - A lot better than Koolstops, more bite, more noise basically more everything that was good Koxx Brown - The bite is'nt as good as these koxx bloxx's but it did what it needed to do, and Koxx bloxx lasted me alot longer than these Tensiles. Rim Jam Greens - More Brake-age than Rim Jam greens, but then again, Rim Jam's lasted longer. Heatsink blues - I loved heatsinks, IMO I think tensiles are very similar to Heatsink blue's, cos the Heatsinks lasted me about a month, and the noise was almost identical, the hold from the brake was almost the same ZOO! - Forgot how my ZOO!'s were all i remember is that they didnt last very long, like the Tensiles Plazzies CRM - The lock and bite were about the same, Plazzies lasted for longer though. My overall review is that the Tensile bubblegums were 'OK' pads, they just didnt last very long Would recommend them on a light grind Benny