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Have two bikes, one SS with avid bb7 and the other 1x10 with latest slx, both rigid. Both brakes work great but thinking of replacing slx with bb7 on the geared bike. Am I crazy?
Why?
convenience, need to stock only one type of pads
easy(er) to work at home
like the mechanical simplicity
If you want to do it, can do it and have a reason to do it why bother asking? Just do it.
Stocking one set of pads etc. makes perfect sense to me, but given the price of SLX brakes I'd be going hydraulic personally. But if you really prefer the BB7s, why not?
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Jeff jones loves a bb7 on his bikes and he is the beardy wizard of bikes, so yeh go for it
Hmm tazzy, interesting this Jones thing, I have just installed a jones loop bar on the stooge a few weeks ago. Do you think it is contagious?
Id be putting some m615 or slx on the other bike and get it all hydraulic, far better to get away from metal cables.
I always assumed they must be alright because Jeff Jones liked them. The day I fell out with BB7s in a big way, I was crouching sorrowfully in a ditch in Surrey trying to make the inboard pad adjuster wheel move with frozen hands and asking "does this happen to Jeff Jones?"...
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Mr dummy, the trick there young man is to adjust your bike before a ride, ive never had my pads wear so much in a ride that ive had to do a mid ride pad adjust
Mind you having said that ive got really pimpy brakes on my niche bikes, but I am a massive bike diva and love a bit of bling
the trick there young man is to adjust your bike before a ride
I'm sure you're right. It was a blimmin' horrible day, but even so! 😉
No reason not to bb7 are great thats what i now use after years of hopes and shimanos ive gone back to them