Originally Posted by
mcdun13
After hearing that the bb7 brake pads are much superior than the bb5's I went and bought some Avid disc brake pads to replace my bb5 pads. Package says it fits bb7 brakes but not "ball bearing five" brakes. After reading many people's opinions it sounded like I could replace bb5's with bb7's no problem. I'm confused.
Maybe you were hearing that BB7 brake pads and Juicy 5 brake pads are interchangeable, which they are. The pads from the Juicy series and the BB7's are interchangeable. The BB5 pads, as others have already said, are completely different.