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Photo by George Guille, It's going to be a long 300km... Bolivian Amazon

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Photo by George Guille
It's going to be a long 300km...
Bolivian Amazon



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rear brake pads

i just did altos de letras and altos de linas in one day in Colombia again !
This is a pretty extreme route Ibague R43 MariquitaR50 ManizalesR29 Pereira ArmeniaR40 to Ibague about 350 km and wore out my rear brembo brake pads on my f700gs WTF are there any better pads on the market that will withstand 10 thousand meters or more of climbing and descents in one day with a thousand curves and with what ever is on the road
ITS COLOMBIA ACCELERATING, DECELERATING FAST HAS IT ADVANTAGES ESPECIALLY WHEN PASSING IN THE MOUNTAINS IN COLOMBIA
WHAT DO MOTO GP RACERS USE OR WHAT IS RECOMENDED BRAND FOR HEAVY USE OTHER THAN BREMBO
90 BUCKS IN ONE DAY OF BRAKES IS GETTING TO BE A COSTLY RIDE
ATHOUGH IT IS FUN
any recommendations other than using the front and i know it is better but when you are on the twistys nothing beats the back
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90% of your breaking should be on the front wheel.

If you want to avoid brake ware then don't go so fast and use engine braking. By slowing down you get to see more of what your going past rather than getting your adrenaline flowing. Relax, it is not a race.

If you don't change then expect to pay lots more for rear brake pads, more frequent tire changes and the occasional brake disk too.
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Engine braking is your friend.
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engine braking

not a option when the Mountain roads are traffic congested i mean meters apart and narrow, if you have a 50 meter window to pass a truck you take it and then corner Did anybody see what happened 3 days ago on route 40 from Bogota to Vilaviencio
a cable stay bridge crashed into a ravine the bridge was almost completed
Colombia is going thru a major transformation with its highway system and it is on a world class scale, the largest infastructure construction project in SA, until the routes get straitened i will be buying lots of brakes
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Yup, sounds like you'll be buying a lot of brake pads.

I rode through and around Colombia twice. On both occasions my rear pads lasted for at least a dozen countries, lots of mountain ranges, and many thousands of miles/kilometers before and afterward--I don't actually keep close track, since why bother? Sorry to say this means I don't know anything about long-life pads.

My rear pads were demonstrably most at risk when trying to ride off without removing a disk lock. Caliper and disk suffered, too.

Have fun out there!

Mark
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