Originally Posted by
pkulak
So, I've never ridden disc brakes before, and just bought a bike and had Avid BB7s installed by the shop. I broke them in (rode about 40 miles in 4 days or so, with some intentional stopping thrown in for good measure, way more than the 40 stops that Avid calls for), but they still feel like average-to-bad caliper brakes. I can't lock up the rear wheel on the hoods, for example. I was expecting awesome performance (do a stoppie with two fingers
), but this is very underwhelming. The shop doesn't seem to really think the performance I'm getting is abnormal. Is this really all I can expect from disc brakes on a road bike? Because, if so, I'll probably just throw some linear pull brakes on there.
I've had two sets of them and, quite frankly, I've been very unimpressed both times. In my experience, they are rather mushy. They certainly don't compare to the Paul cantilevers I have on a couple of road bikes or the Avid Arch Rivals that the BB7s replaced on a mountain bike.