Place to bed-in the brakes in eastern MA?

[userbbc]

Need a place to bed-in the brakes which requires multiple 60-5mph runs.
Any recommendations for an empty road where this could be done, preferably in a 50+mph zone?

[userbbc]

starting to wonder if the service shops actually bed-in the brakes for you after pad/rotor replacement.

[nitroduck]

North Shore or south of Boston?

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[userbbc]

preferably north of boston...moved here about a year ago but still not familiar enough with all the roads in the area

[nitroduck]

I use 133 in between Ipswich and Essex at night. After 7pm that road isn't too traveled. Speed limit is 50 or 55. Adjacent to it is many fields so you won't be bothering anyone.

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[userbbc]

hmm, bit of a drive for me (medford area). will have to find a nice restaurant around there as an excuse to head up. thanks for the info though!

[doublezero30]

you dont need to do that. just drive normally for a few hundred miles and you will be fine. dont ride the brakes, and dont slam on them. just stop like a normal person.

[RSblood]

What doublezero said..

[userbbc]

Actually looking to cleanup the brakes to figure out what to expect from the entire braking system before choosing what pads/rotors to install next. It's not a new set of pads/rotors. Currently running stoptech posi-quiets with powerslot rotors.

[doublezero30]

So if theyre used brakes then there is nothing to bed in. I now do not understand this thread.

[userbbc]

From what I've been reading, I'm seeing the bed-in process as a method to coat the rotors with material from the brake pads. However, contaminants may adhere to both the rotors and pads throughout the life of the brakes or if the brakes were never bedded-in in the first place.
I'm going by the assumption that rebedding the brakes can burn off these excess contaminants/deposits.

[doublezero30]

you can not "rebed" brakes. once theyve been used, theyre used. which is why many shops dont recommend a pad slap (just doing pads without replacing or turning rotors).