Brake Pads

eScooter Brake Pads suit most common makes/models. Available in five compound types:

Organic Resin Semi-Metal (black) compound is typically stock factory on most makes/models of eScooter. Great initial bite and modulation (lever feel) and quick to bed in makes them good all-rounders. They have the least life of all compound types and wear quickly in wet conditions. They can glaze over easily when hot which can result in lazy brake. They also have less top-end power which can be noticed when the pads heat up on a significant decline. These pads in the Zoom calliper can often be seen emitting vapour from heat that can build in Wolf Warrior's 3mm round discs during heavy braking. With friction coefficient of 0.5-0.6, this compound offers moderate braking with good modulation.

All-Metal (Gold) compound brake pads offer the longest life and withstand high temperatures making them resilient to heat fade (less like hood of glazing over / lazy brake). Perfect for high demand, sustained downhill. Handles rain/dust/debris well due to having no Resin. They lack initial bite and therefore modulation. They take longer to bed in and can transfer more heat to the calliper/hydraulics although typically the thicker wave style rotors do a great job at keeping heat down. Often called Sintered (as is semi-metal). With a friction coefficient of 0.45-0.55, braking is somewhat stronger than Semi-Metal.

Ceramic (Green) compound brake pads are quiet (they emit a high frequency noise that is above the range of human hearing). Long life nearing that of All-Metal and handles rain/dust/debris well due to having no Resin. The compound wears to a fine, light coloured dust which tends not to leave deposits around the calliper. They suffer from cold bite at lower temperatures and can often struggle to warm up as much of the braking on eScooters is undertaken by the motors. Like all eSN pads, the compound contains metal (like Resin Semi-Metal pads). With a friction Coefficient: 0.3-0.5, this compound offers powerful, strong braking when at temperature, although electric motor braking somewhat negates the additional strength offered by Ceramic.

Polymetalic (Polymetal, Blue) is the newest compound, comprising of a high copper component. The ~70% Copper Yellow provides better strength over other metals adopted in Semi-Metal pads. This high metal component provides longevity nearing the life of ceramics even under wet conditions - they handle rain/dust/debris better than Resin Semi-Metal pads. The soft copper also run quiet. Poly's have good modulation even at low temperatures and better resistance to glazing over Semi-Metal pads. Friction Coefficient 0.45-0.55. Well described by ebikescooter.com

NUTT "Cooling Enhanced" (Resin+Ceramic Semi-Metal, Black finned) adopts a mix of both Organic Resin and Ceramic, with Metal. Effectively a fusion of Organic Resin Semi-Metal pads and Ceramic pads. These pads have noticeably less ceramic content than Ceramic pads as they provide good initial bite at cold temperatures. Easily identified with the distinct black heatsink. These pads are stock on NAMI Burn-e (pre-Logan models), Makuta 10+, Zero 10X and 11X editions with limited badge and early model VSETT 10+ & 11+. Can also be fitted to the early model Dragon Cyclone Pro which use a Dragon branded version of the NUTT A5-D calliper. These pads offer the best high-demand performance and are well suited to heavy sustained downhill for heavy riders where electric motor braking is limited.

Ensure you select the proper size pad for the make/model intended to fit. Note, the pad inside the existing calliper may not be the "right" type the calliper the manufacturer intended, in some instances it may not be the original pad provided with the scooter or the original factory / dealer chose to adopt a different shape (the various pads sit differently as shown in image above/right).

You should expect to renew pads every 750 - 4000 klm's, Calibration and aggressive of electric brake significantly influences wear. Organic Resin Semi-Metal pads will fail prematurely if they glaze with heat (you can sand this surface back). Renew ideally before the shuriken effect kicks in whereby the pad wears resulting in the metal plate of the pad wearing the rotor prematurely. eScootNow stocks an extensive range of rotors including thicker and wave types. Pads should wear the rotor surface evenly (like this).

Some catalogue items will not have photo's for every type of compound option.