Pads: Heatsink yellow Vee pads Time used: Month and a half Rim used: Echo Urban 26" Grind: Yes Brake used: SD7 lever and SD7 calipers, onza adapters, simtra built in booster. What is your opinion of a working brake: Very bitey, very strong hold, noise is a bonus. How do they compare to previous pads you have used: I've ran coustsinks, ZOO!s 203mm BB7 standard pads heatsink reds. Its hard to make a fair comparison of these pads since they were all used with a magura, this is a vee brake which has different qualities, notably EPIC hold (i'm 18 stone and the wheel doesn't move backwards where maguras and even my disc have failed me ) Review: Figured it'd be fairer to write about the whole setup, and comment on Vees and cable brakes since there still tabboo. I've been riding dual disc for the last 18 months, which has been really fun, the brake always worked; modulated, held and even a bit grabby if it was damp. I prefer the feel of cables to maguras and if i ride another bike with maggys my arms pump up really fast. so if your thinking about going cable do it Heatsink pads have been very strange, i rode my vee with the stock avid pads for an afternoon and they were actually quite impressive, silent with a squeek if the wheel tried to move backwards they'd only slip if i tried doing rolling moves, where they'd full on shit themselves an coat my rim in pad and leave me on my arse there probably fantastic on the front though so i got the heatsink vee pads, the amount of pad material you get is silly! i had to move the vee-dapters all the way out and keep my rim really true for a few weeks, so i made a conscious effort to run the pads down a bit so i can use the centered mounts, so i can't say alot about the wear characteristics. they seem fair though. On a good day these pads are bitey with alot of forward hold (vees usually offer more hold backwards) i've riden in the rain with them and they don't loose to much power but i wasn't confident enough to try any bit gaps, fine for taps and sidehops though. somedays if my grind was off or something? they'd just turn shit, hardly any noise or bite even if i'd just be doing little manuals or pedal kicks outside, very scary TNNs next, then cousts.. hope that helped someone. also worth commenting that with a vee it's really easy to tinker with the brake and dial it in just how you want it which is great if your piss bored on a train