What Tnn Pads Should I Get :/

[Ben John - Hynes]

:| I suppose someone had to....

[Kieran Morrison]

:| I suppose someone had to....

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[hulud]

I won't use any pads other than TNN LGMs. Out of 4 of us who ride together all the time, all of us use LGMs. We've tried every pad under the sun. Not sure what people are doing to make them not work, but ours are consistently excellent, and we don't regrind every morning, they get chucked about and only reground after a puncture/new tyre usually.

Ditto. Almost everyone I ride with uses LGMs and they all work fantastic, even on dull grinds.

I can't understand how they don't work for some people?

[WIGAN ??]

Ditto. Almost everyone I ride with uses LGMs and they all work fantastic, even on dull grinds.

I can't understand how they don't work for some people?

I think it's just down to the rider not the pad itself, I struggled to get my tnns working well at first, iv been riding like 4 years so I obviously know how to set a brake up and all that jazz but iv only recently started using grinds and I think a light grind with a thin disk us deffo the best thing for it, atleast with lgms anyway, it's the best brake iv had to be honest

[weebryan]

Yea got to remember the other factors :

Frame, Rim type, Clamps, Booster, Grind type, Brake system can all have an effect. You got to play around a little like ali c said, every one is different

My past favs were koxx browns but I have tried Koxx yellow coust cnc,heats sinks red and blues all on differant frames, rims, grinds

over the years and was not over impsressed but tried lgm and was feeling the same so tried some boosters 2 and 4 bolt still the same until i tried the tnn clamps and booster then thought wow wish i bought

these ages ago,

even in wet i feel safe still the same noise performance will never change to anything else more than happy and impressed they work to my high standards beeing a mechy engineer

Check out my pink bike page to see all bikes set ups

Edited October 26, 2010 by weebryan

[dirt jumper jake]

Ive tried: koxx browns, heatsink snowys, heatsink reds, plaz spanish fly, plaz crm & lgms.

Lgms are definately the best ive ever used, although they do have there shit periods (?)

But after i reground the rim theyre nuts, well worth the money, kick every other pads ass.

but if you can get hold of them crm are pretty damn good aswell.

Edited October 26, 2010 by dirt jumper jake

[Matt Vandart]

Maggie pads are a weird thing. I don't know why people are saying bealeys suck, they are about the only pads I trusted along with rock blues.

I had LGM, they worked amazingly, for a while, then went shit, anyone got an idea why?

Wasnt the grind by the way.

Wear rate on them is amazing by the way beat I have ever seen.

[LauraPalmer]

people usually don´t take the rim into consideration, which makes a lot of difference;

what i found out for me (hydroxx LT, TNN clamps, no booster):

TNN on TryAll rims - not good, kill the grind fast, very poor hold; not to compare with Cousts(original) or Heatsinks (whites).

TNN (LGM and B.) on TrialTech rims: the best performance i have ever felt: agressive bite, tons of hold; LGM even seemed to have too much bite to ride them properly; B. are perfect - in all conditions...

Edited October 26, 2010 by wimmeretz

[Ali C]

people usually don´t take the rim into consideration, which makes a lot of difference;

what i found out for me (hydroxx LT, TNN clamps, no booster):

TNN on TryAll rims - not good, kill the grind fast, very poor hold; not to compare with Cousts(original) or Heatsinks (whites).

TNN (LGM and B.) on TrialTech rims: the best performance i have ever felt: agressive bite, tons of hold; LGM even seemed to have too much bite to ride them properly; B. are perfect - in all conditions...

you know Try-all and trialtech rims are pretty much the same? at least the older double wall versions anyway.

[wonganut]

wow this topic is boring

what pads are best bla bla blad

heatsink

or phat pads

and maybe lgms

[LauraPalmer]

you know Try-all and trialtech rims are pretty much the same? at least the older double wall versions anyway.

i was referring to TryAll hole and TrialTech SL

[dann2707]

Ordered some LGM's today from tarty. Will see how I find them and post here with my initial thoughts.

[Paperclip]

Ali, decided with the bad weather too have a play with my brake, got the grinder out fan sanding disc smoothed my rim. light grind, LGM pad's work not bad If im honest, Phat work and hold as good if not better they just lack the bite the tnn offer. deepened the grind slightly too ride out in the rain, Id say more a light medium. The tnn still have that amazing bite in the wet as they do in the dry resulting too as good braking in both wet and dry, The phat dont feel as good but do still work.

Think im going too stick too this grind and the tnn's for a while and see what thats like for me, Thank's Ali.

[WIGAN ??]

Tried a lighter grind myself after reading that and can definatley say that the brake has improved on all counts

[Kieran Morrison]

heatsink

or phat pads

and maybe lgms

i think we established that, ( wow, a big word for me!) but now he will be asking what one of those 3, which causes another arguement.

[tryallmaster]

Ali, decided with the bad weather too have a play with my brake, got the grinder out fan sanding disc smoothed my rim. light grind, LGM pad's work not bad If im honest, Phat work and hold as good if not better they just lack the bite the tnn offer. deepened the grind slightly too ride out in the rain, Id say more a light medium. The tnn still have that amazing bite in the wet as they do in the dry resulting too as good braking in both wet and dry, The phat dont feel as good but do still work.

Think im going too stick too this grind and the tnn's for a while and see what thats like for me, Thank's Ali.

This is what it is all about... an openess to try suggestions rather than just saying no because you had a bad experience...

Great reply.

[Gandalf the Yellow]

the thing with pads I found is sometimes people will have a bit of a bad batch, and the same pads I've heard people have with a very similar set up have had a very different performance.

and there's so many possibilities to make a bad brake combo.

my Belaey's are amazing with a mid grind and as long as I keep it clean and brake set up right, it's got excellent bite and alright hold. it does eat grinds a little but it's ok at the moment with a worn down grind and I'm not complaining.

I think a lot of people here haven't used enough pads to make a real comparison. and that goes for me as well. but as someone that has used TNN's I can't ask for more and I would recommend.

I might be wrong and I am completely missing out on all the other AMAZING pads out there but I am happy so meh.

Steve

[LukasMcNeal]

If anyone wants to try some baeyleys I've got some will chuck in some LGMs too

[Revelation]

TNN LGMs > All

Thread.

[chris4stars]

the thing with pads I found is sometimes people will have a bit of a bad batch, and the same pads I've heard people have with a very similar set up have had a very different performance.

and there's so many possibilities to make a bad brake combo.

my Belaey's are amazing with a mid grind and as long as I keep it clean and brake set up right, it's got excellent bite and alright hold. it does eat grinds a little but it's ok at the moment with a worn down grind and I'm not complaining.

I think a lot of people here haven't used enough pads to make a real comparison. and that goes for me as well. but as someone that has used TNN's I can't ask for more and I would recommend.

I might be wrong and I am completely missing out on all the other AMAZING pads out there but I am happy so meh.

Steve

exactly this...im still relatively new to the scene though and on my bike have only used rockman blues and now the belays (on essentially a dead grind).

biggest point to note for both in my opinion is the effect of contaminants. with the rockmans, cleaning just the pad (it was pretty dirty) turned the brake from a 3/10 to easily 8+/10.....similar with the belays, but when they are clean, they are much better than the blues, personally - im sticking with belays from now on

[MedwayRider]

exactly this...im still relatively new to the scene though and on my bike have only used rockman blues and now the belays (on essentially a dead grind).

biggest point to note for both in my opinion is the effect of contaminants. with the rockmans, cleaning just the pad (it was pretty dirty) turned the brake from a 3/10 to easily 8+/10.....similar with the belays, but when they are clean, they are much better than the blues, personally - im sticking with belays from now on

Yes, This is 100% Correct I Think More People Should Try Some Belaey's

[Duncy H]

From my experience I have come to learn that it is a lot more down to set up than just the pads. In the past, especially when I rode mod, I mostly used to run try-all rims. I used to be able to get an ok brake but nothing particulalr amazing. I would go through pads seeing if there would be much of a difference but there wasn't. Since the return to stock I got myself some tr rims and returned to using phat pads. Previously when used they were lack in hold quite a bit. The brake I have now is rather awesome and I haven't really changed much to previous set ups apart from the rim but this time they perform a whole lot better.

ATM I would possibly consider them to be the best pads I have used but then again I wouldn't like to compare them to others cause it would be unfair. For example in the past crocos were better than phats on the poorer performing same set up. With the right set up I don't think you can go far wrong with what pads you get, obviously as long as they are suitable etc.

For reference I have used, tnn lgms, phat pads, croco yellow, croco brown, rock pads, echo greens, hs yellow, ozonys, Maggie blacks, adamant, kool stops, and probably a few others.

Of them I'd reccomend either tnns, phat pads or crocos and I'll say it again, with the correct set up.

Edited October 27, 2010 by Duncy H

[Revelation]

I agree just be sure to stay away from the Belaey pads. f**k.

[matt.price]

I agree just be sure to stay away from the Belaey pads. f**k.

i like my belaey's !!! They have good hold and brilliant bite ! And this is on a dull grind ! Just gave my rim and light grind ! Soon has i build my bike up with my new frame , i'll let you know how it goes

[dirt jumper jake]

just whack on magura blacks and a savage grind