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For an answer on this I would go to an expert. From Carroll Smith's Prepare To Win, page 82, "It is best not to run new discs and new pads together because either scoring of the disc or heavy pickup on its surface will result." and "When re-using old pads, install them in their original positions."

Sanding the pads is probably a bad idea because there is no way that some of the sandpaper's abrasive won't be embedded in the pads surface. I wouldn't go and do an serious track events until the rotors have gone through some heat cycles. Once the rotors have been broken in and the pads are happy with them then you can go beat on them.

If you aren't going to really lean on the brakes and put major heat into them, I wouldn't worry about any of this. The question should be, "Have you ever faded the brakes pads other then during initial bedding?" This will tell you how much care and feeding of the brakes you should be doing.

On the question of pads, I personally like Porterfield Engineering's R4S compound. They work very well when cold and are very hard to fade. As a bonus they are rather affordable, especially compaired to the Pagids. $79 fronts, $69 rears.


Wayne