LukasMcNeal Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 (edited) Let the battle commence!Please state smooth or grind please. Edited June 3, 2009 by LukasMcNeal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmackay Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I have TNN's on a light-medium grind. The are just amazing! The backings are super stiff aswell. I've never tried Phat pads so I have no comparison but I can't see them being any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 considering I found the place that sells Phatpad material and tested a whole host of compounds before deciding that the blue material was best and have boxes of the stuff at home, I still choose to use TNN pads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom@eastcoasttrials Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 PHAT PADS FOR THE WIN !!!!on a dead Grind there insane amazing sound too tnn have a awful sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmackay Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 tnn have a awful soundMine don't... I like the sound... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom@eastcoasttrials Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Mine don't... I like the sound...its too hight piched i think but its personal pref really to be honest i never tryed tnn i would like to though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 (edited) Unfair poll..... they have both been released very recently so very few riders will have tested both of them.People will judge oppinions on hear-say and what they think, without having any experience with them. For this reason I didn't vote, although I love my phat pads, and don't feel the need to run any other pad. Edited June 3, 2009 by Simpson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmackay Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 its too hight piched i think but its personal pref really to be honest i never tryed tnn i would like to though Ahh fair doos.I prefer it when it's clear and high pitched rather than all low and normally vibrates through your whole frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Ahh fair doos.I prefer it when it's clear and high pitched rather than all low and normally vibrates through your whole frame. agreed, i have phatpads and thats exactly how they sound and to be honest my brake couldnt possibly get any better, its its just impossible it refuses to slip haha so the tnn pads cant be any better yet i cant imagine they can be anyworse, any pads with cnc backings and half decent material are going to be insanly good if theyre set up right. my main consern is how they treat your magura calipers nd that, and with phatpads being more of a word of mouth make, and tnn on tarty. you would expect tnn to win as theyre in the uk's biggest trials shop.but meh, either or, theyre both good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom@eastcoasttrials Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 agreed, i have phatpads and thats exactly how they sound and to be honest my brake couldnt possibly get any better, its its just impossible it refuses to slip haha so the tnn pads cant be any better yet i cant imagine they can be anyworse, any pads with cnc backings and half decent material are going to be insanly good if theyre set up right. my main consern is how they treat your magura calipers nd that, and with phatpads being more of a word of mouth make, and tnn on tarty. you would expect tnn to win as theyre in the uk's biggest trials shop.but meh, either or, theyre both good.agreeed Adrian Brake Is Insane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 considering I found the place that sells Phatpad material and tested a whole host of compounds before deciding that the blue material was best and have boxes of the stuff at home, I still choose to use TNN padsali's opinion is the only one that matters in this thread. and thats basically made my choice for mecheers ali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walker Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 considering I found the place that sells Phatpad material and tested a whole host of compounds before deciding that the blue material was best and have boxes of the stuff at home, I still choose to use TNN padsThat's cos you're sponsored by TNN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Do TNNs actually work in the wet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Tnn.Do TNNs actually work in the wet?Their prototype do apparently, the LGM materials. Can't wait to try some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted June 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Yeah I know this was a bit of an unfair poll but I wasn't sure which ones I should get. When I get my bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 I also have tried both Phat pads and TNN Engineering pads (the CRM ones) and would choose TNN.Both are brilliant though, I loved my Phat pads.You dont get more pimp than the TNN backings!Still to try my Lewis Greenhalgh Maugura (LGM) pads. Might wait to the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_travis Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 OOO OOO OOO, i love my sponsors pads.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2wtrials Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 As i am not in the habit of looking at my pads when riding i am not going to base my choice on what they look like.... Just had some phatpads delivered and had about an hours worth of riding and am very pleased with them. Was using Rock Blues and i find these phatpads feel and sound just that little bit better... does what they are supposed to do, stop. No slippage and they lock solid when needed. I am using on a light grind.Thr TNN's may well be as good.... can't see at my level how they can be better as the phatpads lock up and don't slip which is what a brake is needed to do afterall!! Pay's you money, take you choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otacon Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Havn't tried TNN's. But I have ran my phat pads on pritty much everything, harsh grinds, medium grinds, dead grind, anodized rims, smooth rims.And you know the best of it.............Work f**king un-real on all of them Don't think i'm gonna' be trying TNN's either, from the response i once read in a topic from the owner of plazmatic, stating that the plaz compound has never changed, now when releasing these new pads, he's stated it's the "old original compound" . Best of it is, if it isn't the old material, these pads are gonna be shit.But seriously, how can anything compare to these: Trials-Forum Video -> Full View • Download • Upload Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_M Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Don't think i'm gonna' be trying TNN's either, from the response i once read in a topic from the owner of plazmatic, stating that the plaz compound has never changed, now when releasing these new pads, he's stated it's the "old original compound" . Best of it is, if it isn't the old material, these pads are gonna be shit.I feel the need to draw everyone's attention to some inaccuracies in this statement.CRM pads were developed by Chris Russ in Australia quite some time ago. CRM stands for Chris Russ Magura. These were then marketted under the plazmatic name by Tim at trialsin. Now people had mixed experiences with these but it is generally accepted that at some point Plazmatic CRM pads were produced that were not of the same quality as the originals which lots of people had loved. Tim however disputed this strongly in the thread as noted by Otacon.Fast forward to the present day and TNN is working in conjunction with Chris Russ to produce the TNN CRM pads available from Tarty's. Tim at trialsin however is not part of this operation. TNN has done large amounts of testing of the compound they are selling, comparing it to both the original and the 'dodgy' CRM and it is 100% the original. They however are fussy people, who are never satisfied and want to make something better. Prototypes are being tested at present.So I guess I'm asking you to re-think your opinion Otacon because if your only issue with TNN is the post referenced above then you need not worry.Lol and yes I am a personaly friend of Le at TNN, I however use discs and think you're all deluded running rim brakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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