Muel Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 They used to be utterly different compounds, three years ago. I haven't read anything or spoken to anyone who has recent experience of running both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 As mentioned above, Heatsink get their pad material from the Coustelliers. But I'm 100% sure that the Coust material has undergone a change which Michael Cosutellier apparently refuses to admit. Up until recently I had a pair of '06 Coustsinks - the wear was so slow that they lasted around 4 years and I sold them on with a brake. The rubber was so grippy that the pads stuck to themselves. In the wet there was very little difference in performance. They also had a very characteristic clicking noise when rubbed against each other. In my personal opinion they've come from being the best pads in the world to just being very good pads. I've been through a number of different pads in the last years and nothing has come close the the performance of those "old" cousts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy83 Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 They used to be utterly different compounds, three years ago. I haven't read anything or spoken to anyone who has recent experience of running both. i got my coustellier pads from trialsden,there absolutely amazing so much bite and hold wouldnt use anything else i ran some coustsinks few years ago they were good but the coustelliers are so much better and sound so mental PROPER HONKS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirt jumper jake Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 HONKS like a goose with a pole up its ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Is there any place in Europe one can buy these pads? http://www.trialsden.com/index.php/products/coustellier-hs33-brake-pads.html I'd really like to see if these are as good as the Coustsinks I used to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Trialprod sell them theyre French. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Brodie Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 (edited) is it www.trial-bike.com or something. Pretty sure they sell them and there a reliable company from what ive heard Found them! http://www.trial-bikes.com/coustellier-pads-p-46.html Edited November 7, 2010 by Rob Brodie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo!Man Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 (edited) is it www.trial-bike.com or something. Pretty sure they sell them and there a reliable company from what ive heard Found them! http://www.trial-bikes.com/coustellier-pads-p-46.html Did you mean trial-bikes.com? If you did, yes they've the Coust Original pads (or that was what I thought before riding this topic). They are reliable too. Coust pads Edit: hahah You beat me! lol Edited November 7, 2010 by Zoo!Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trials Punk Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 I think the difference between getting them direct and from heatsinks are bull. Apart from the other reasons stated, has anyone thought about inconsitancies in the pad material itself? In the past I have had pads, replaced them with the exact same pad when they wore down and they've held shit. Using the exact same set up method the only thing I could think of was inconsitancy in the material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 There are bound to be inconsitancies but they shouldn't be so great as to turn a good pad into something useless or vice versa (this isn't aimed at the Coust pads, talking generally). Perhaps there's no point but I'm going to do a direct comparison anyway. Thanks a lot for the link guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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