Originally Posted by
pwdeegan
1. you can swap a bb7 in for a bb5. in truth, i doubt it will make that much of a difference for you. run the bb5 until it breaks and then replace it.
This is what I did. I found BB7's for about $20 more than the cost of non-eBay replacement pads for the BB5's so I upgraded. FWIW, I found it to be a huge difference, though I upgraded my brake levers at the same time, so that may also have been a factor. But the BB5's are OK.
I'd jump on this deal.