Thread: What kind of performance should I expect from Avid BB7s?
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Old 04-25-12 | 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by ItsJustMe
Like Cyccommute, I like my brakes to engage fast and have no chance of bottoming out. I keep my brakes adjusted to where they're as close as possible to actually dragging as I can get them. Generally on the BB7s I adjust the inside disc first then the outside, in each case I adjust up, then apply and release the brakes and spin the wheel, if they don't drag give them another click or two, when they start to drag, back off a couple of clicks.
That is exactly what i do with my BB7s. No need to touch the barrel adjuster nor pre-tension the actuator arm.

BB5s.....not so much. The business card trick helps immensly and some fiddling (cheating) with the actuator arm.
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