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Organic vs Sintered Brake Pads: What’s the Difference and Which Is Better for Bicycles?
Organic vs Sintered Brake Pads: What’s the Difference and Which Is Better for Bicycles?
Organic vs Sintered Brake Pads: What’s the Difference and Which Is Better for Bicycles? Choosing the right brake pads for your bike can make a significant difference to braking power, modulation, noise,... Read more...
How to Change Bicycle Disc Brake Pads: Step-by-Step Guide
How to Change Bicycle Disc Brake Pads: Step-by-Step Guide
Brake pads are one of the most important wear components on your bike. Knowing when and how to replace bicycle disc brake pads helps maintain consistent braking performance, protects your... Read more...
Brake Pads: What Every Cyclist Should Know
Brake Pads: What Every Cyclist Should Know
How do you choose the right brake pads, when should you replace them, and why is proper bedding-in important? Learn the basics of safe and effective braking. Read more...
Sinter in the Pits at UCI Downhill World Champs
Sinter in the Pits at UCI Downhill World Champs
World Champs weekend demands MAXIMUM stopping power UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, Val di Sole, Italy, 26–30 August 2026 (downhill finals on 29 August). Coming straight off the back of... Read more...
Why We Believe You Don’t Need Cooling Fins
Why We Believe You Don’t Need Cooling Fins
Finned brake pads certainly look technical. Machined ridges across the backing plate create a heat-sink aesthetic and immediately suggest advanced thermal management. And in theory, the concept makes sense. But... Read more...
How to check if your Brake Disc needs to be replaced
How to check if your Brake Disc needs to be replaced
Brake discs are one of the most important components on our bikes. They must withstand various conditions without failing. When we press the brake lever, the generated force pushes the... Read more...
The Science of Stopping: GMBN Goes Inside the Sinter Lab
The Science of Stopping: GMBN Goes Inside the Sinter Lab
What does it actually take to balance raw stopping power with precise modulation? The crew at the Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) recently visited our production facility in Ljubljana, Slovenia,... Read more...
Sustainable and circular transformation
Through sustainability workshops and teamwork, Sinter identified its core competencies, core values and key sustainability challenges. Funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU. Read more...
Support for start-ups, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in strategic sustainable and circular business transformation
Sinter Ljubljana d.o.o. has completed its project under the public call Support for Start-ups, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Strategic Sustainable and Circular Business Transformation 2022–2025: a strategy for the sustainable and circular transformation of the company. Read more...
Digital transformation of Sinter Ljubljana d.o.o.
The project will include the optimisation and automation of Sinter Ljubljana d.o.o.’s production and business processes based on an MES system. The investment is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund. Read more...