Aidan Webster
Endurance MTB • UK
- Key event: Strathpuffer 24
- Brake setup: Hope X2
- Pads used: Gorilla Brakes Sintered (Hope X2)
- Result: 3rd Overall (U23)
- Highlight: Full 24 hours on one set of pads
Gesponserte Fahrer
Real-World Testing Team
Real riders. Real races. Real-world testing in the toughest conditions. Our sponsored riders compete across endurance MTB, downhill, enduro, cyclocross and road disciplines. Their feedback plays a direct role in validating compounds, improving consistency and ensuring our brake pads perform in real racing conditions — not just lab tests.
Harry Parker
Enduro / Downhill • UK
- Discipline: Enduro & Downhill
- Pads used: Factory Racing compounds
- Setup focus: High-speed control & consistency
Simon Hale
Cyclocross / Road / XC • UK
- Team: Army Cyclocross Team
- Level: Masters racer
- Experience: Regional, National & UCI-level events
- Brakes used: Gorilla Brakes pads for SRAM Road & CX
- Focus: Consistency, reliability & modulation
Seth Barnett
Downhill • Elite Category • UK
- Discipline: Downhill
- Category: Elite
- Location: Lake District
- Brakes used: Gorilla Brakes pads for SRAM Maven
- Focus: Power, control & heat management
Adam Pearson
Downhill / Enduro • Veteran Nationals • UK
- Team: CROW MTB Racing
- Focus: Downhill (with Enduro cross-training)
- Background: 3rd year Veteran Nationals
- Recent highlight: Return from injury & renewed form
- Pads used: Enduro Pro Ultimate
Craig Brooker
Downhill • UK
- Team: CROW MTB Racing
- Discipline: Downhill
- Background: Competitive racing since 2015
- Riding base: Dyfi Bike Park & UK trail centres
- Pads used: Enduro Pro Ultimate
Lynn McKinley
Trail / Enduro • UK
- Team: CROW MTB Racing
- Riding base: Aviemore, Scotland
- Bike: Juliana Roubion
- Favourite trails: Laggan Wolftrax & natural trails
- Pads used: Enduro Pro Ultimate
Ruth McDougall
Enduro • UK
- Team: CROW MTB Racing
- Speciality: Enduro
- Background: Racing since age 7
- 2024: Most successful season to date
- Pads used: Enduro Pro Ultimate
Vaska Allsop
Downhill / Enduro • Elite • UK
- Team: CROW MTB Racing
- Titles: National & Pearce DH Series winner
- Category: Elite Ladies
- 2024 highlight: 4th – Trans Madeira Enduro
- Pads used: Enduro Pro Ultimate
Leif Thomas
Trail Builder / Jump Rider • UK
- Role: Trail builder & jump-focused rider
- Bike: Santa Cruz Hightower (Bronson conversion)
- Riding style: Enduro - Downhill one to watch for the future
- Brakes used: Lewis LH4
- Focus: Control, reliability & modulation under load