nope mine are pure stock mavics (is that what you mean by originals? the front wheel at least isnt stock when i bought the bike since i crashed the stock ones). ill take a pic later...kinda shooting in the wind right now haha.

i understand better wheels are better for the long run. im more of a road biker and have expensive wheels on those haha. but since i dont mtb alot, i want decent stuff at least.

nashbar has some good discounts right now and if can figure out what to get today then that be great.
the BB7 (i dont think they come with the disc do they)
http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...00_10000_17005

do i need a new front brake lever? for both a sd7 and bb7? if i upgrade?
i guess im a little skeptical of doing the SD7 upgrade as i think the stock brakes on my hardrock are really good (i could flip myself over the handbar if i wanted to)...how good could another pair of rim brakes be?