Pads: Ali C's JoyPads Time used: Few months Rim used: DX32 Grind: Light worn grind at first, fresh medium grind a month or so in Ceramic: No Brake used: Magura, Water bleed What is your opinion of a working brake: Good bite, solid hold (Ideally silent, but prefer working and loud to quiet and shit) Other pads used: Maggie blacks, Koolstops, Zoo! How do they compare to previous pads you have used: On par with the Koolstops, not a patch on the Zoo!s Review: Ok, after reading countless good reviews, and hearing only one or two negative comments on these pads, I thought I'd give them a shot. For a tenner, it wasn't too much of a problem if they didn't perform. Stuck them on, and went straight out for a play. The pads were set up well with a fresh bleed, so I was expecting them to be needing bedding in. A few runs down the big steep hill I live on and they were giving out a fair old honk and a decent amount of grab. Within a couple of rides, however, the pads lost their honk, and all grabbiness that they once had, which was disappointing. Pads were still setup straight, bleed was fine etc, nothing had changed, except the performance. A few weeks later, nothing had changed, so I stuck a fresh grind on, and there was a little improvement in the pad performance, but only for an hour or so, then things deteriorated once more. At the Plymouth ride last week, I pinched a Rock pad off Darren, and ran this with one of the JoyPads, and I had a working brake again. I'm now running a pair of Rock Pads, and don't think I'll be looking back Maybe it was just luck of the draw, and I got a dodgy pair, but I can't see any problems with my setup, so don't really have much else to put it down to. Seems a shame though as nearly everyone else has had good experiences with them, and I was expecting a lot more from them Sorry Ali, but I'm not impressed by these...