Avenir Sticky Fingers MTB Post Cantilever Brake Pads

by Michelin

Product Features

• High-performance, all-weather compound
• Water-dispersing traction grooves
• High friction coefficient for maximum braking performance
• Sold in pairs

Product Description

Avenir sticky fingers MTB post cantilever brake pads high performance, all-weather compound. Water-dispersing traction grooves. High friction coefficient for maximum braking performance. Sold in pairs.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0038LAWM4
• Item model number: 53-27-900
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,191 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #13 in Sports & Outdoors > Bikes & Accessories > Components & Parts > Brake Parts > Pads

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great stoppers for the price, August 2, 2010

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Raleighphile "Have Raleigh, will travel" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Avenir Sticky Fingers MTB Post Cantilever Brake Pads (Sports)

I put these on my old Ross Mt. Hood which have had the same old unidentifiable small pads from the 90's on them which were all yucky and half worn out. What a difference they made! I'm happy. I can just about lift the rear wheel off the ground with my old DiaCompe Cantilevers on that old long-frame Ross with these pads up front. They are powerful and controlable with easy modulation right up to lock-up. I took them to Critical Mass and it was a lot of brake-dragging to keep pedaling and doing track-stands and I was worried that I'd put a bunch of wear on my brand-new pads but after a few miles of that kind of abuse they still looked like new. Not too shabby IMHO.

I have these up front but I put a pair of Kool-Stops (Dual compound) on the back of my MTB to give them a try too. They were not any better than the standard all-black "sticky fingers" pads by Avenir. If anything, I think the Avenir's are better as they stop just as well in wet or dry (if not better) and seem to be wearing better than the Kool-stops.

An interesting thing about these Avenir Sticky Fingers pads is that they mount exactly backwards from the Kool-Stops. That is to say that the bigger side of the pad goes on the trailing edge of the mounting post rather than the other way around like on the Kool-Stops according to the L/R markings on the side.

Since my old Ross Cantilever-braked Mt. Hood was made before the days of these non-symmetrical pads the Kool-Stops won't fit up front in the correct orientation and the Sticky-Fingers won't fit in back without interfering with the wheelstays when I try and pull the wheels out the brakes hang up and they won't open up all the way -making it hard to fit the tire in or out with air in it. The mounting braze-ons must be shorter on these older MTB's and the brakes don't stand off as much.

The only way around this is to run the pads backwards from the way they are labeled. The Sticky-fingers don't seem to make any difference performance-wise frontwards or backawards, but I feel the Kool-stops have a marked loss in performance when run backwards. I could get away with running the Avenir's front and back but since I have them I will keep on running the Kool-Stops in back and the Sticky-Fingers up front right now. Maybe when the Kool-stops wear out I'll put Sticky Fingers pads in back too as they are so much cheaper. They do run fine backwards. This is something to think about if you have an older MTB and don't have as much clearance between the Cantis and the wheelstays/forks.

Kool-Stops are great brakes but not worth the price when the Avenir Sticky-Fingers are just as good, reversible, and much cheaper. Maybe when people discover this the price of them will go up to match the performance and the price of the Kool-Stops. Right now they get 5 stars while the Kool-Stops (reviewed elsewhere by me on Amazon) only get a 4. Performance-wise I'd call it a draw -with the Avenir slightly ahead due to reversibility, long wear, and being lower-priced.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HANG ON TIGHT!!!, May 9, 2011

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Marco A. Tejada - See all my reviews
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I bought these pads base on just only 1 review that claim that these pads were great and I went for and I dont regert it at all. These pads are amazing and stop on a dime....I can come to a stop and stand on the front tire with ease using the front brakes... Great Price ...Great product.....

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars STOPS ON A DIME!!!!, May 6, 2011

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Marco A. Tejada - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Avenir Sticky Fingers MTB Post Cantilever Brake Pads (Sports)

I just put these pads on and they are no joke, They are BAD ASS!!! Im 245 lbs and they stop me cold in my tracks.