Disc Brake pads for ekar, other disc campy?

[Likes2ridefar]

I heard in a bike shop yesterday that campy ekar disc brake pads are out of stock and have been for a long time (2 years?) and that is one reason no one is selling them and not using them on the world tour.

Anyone else heard this? My googling shows out of stock the few places I checked.

[vespasianus]

It takes about 10 seconds to search amazon and find out you can buy them and get them in one day. Your LBS, not surprisingly, may not know what they are talking about.

Personally, I buy mine from Condor and they also have the DB-410, which I have found to be great.

If you have the spring, you can also buy Magura pads that fit into the H11 and EKAR system, but you have to use your existing spring.

[Likes2ridefar]

Thanks! They are a sram shop and have been known to lie before to cover their lack of knowledge or screwups.

[Ryun]

Second on the db410. A nice upgrade from the already excellent first gen pads.
Excel had them in stock last time I looked.

Some people also like the swiss stop although I prefer the stock ones.

[Mark McM]

It appears that there is only one pad material (resin, i.e. organic) that has ben used on all Campagnol disc brake pads (DB-210, DB-310, DB-410). But there are some aftermarket pad makers that also make Campagnolo compatible sintered metallic pads, such as Kool-Stop:

https://koolstop.com/products/ks-d190s

[Likes2ridefar]

Appreciate the resources here!