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flag caravanking
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 4:14 Quote
ok, i hate hydro brakes now-my juicy 7 is crap and i want a cable disc. i have heard a lot of good feedback about the bb 7 and wanted to ask some questions.
1) when i buy one will i need to buy the cable/lever seperately
2) if i need to buy the lever seperately can i use a bmx lever (i heard somewhere that mtb and bmx levers have different pull ratios or something, but it could be something i heard in a dream)
replies will be much appreciated, thanks adrian (caravanking) Beer
flag sonicsloth
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 4:34 Quote
If you are looking for cable disc brakes, BB7s are THE brakes to go for.
If you buy the brakes, you get the caliper and the rotor - you will need to buy the levers and cables seperately. Brakes are either short-pull or long-pull, and you need an apropriate lever to match. most disc brakes and all v-brakes are long pull. as far as i know most road brakes (u-brakes, cantilever, etc) are short pull. You can get BB7s in a MTB version (long pull, and the most common kind) and also in a road version (short pull) which are probably more likely to work with your bmx levers if the levers are designed for short-pull brakes. hope this helps...
flag caravanking
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 4:36 Quote
sonicsloth wrote:
If you are looking for cable disc brakes, BB7s are THE brakes to go for.
If you buy the brakes, you get the caliper and the rotor - you will need to buy the levers and cables seperately. Brakes are either short-pull or long-pull, and you need an apropriate lever to match. most disc brakes and all v-brakes are long pull. as far as i know most road brakes (u-brakes, cantilever, etc) are short pull. You can get BB7s in a MTB version (long pull, and the most common kind) and also in a road version (short pull) which are probably more likely to work with your bmx levers if the levers are designed for short-pull brakes. hope this helps...
that is probably the most helpful answer i have ever had on pinkbike-thanks Beer
flag Gsnickets
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 5:07 Quote
actually, you can run a bmx lever, yes the pull is different, but if you run a J lever, they feel pretty damn awesome... you just have to play around with the adjustment a bit.
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Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 5:13 Quote
sonicsloth wrote:
If you are looking for cable disc brakes, BB7s are THE brakes to go for.
If you buy the brakes, you get the caliper and the rotor - you will need to buy the levers and cables seperately. Brakes are either short-pull or long-pull, and you need an apropriate lever to match. most disc brakes and all v-brakes are long pull. as far as i know most road brakes (u-brakes, cantilever, etc) are short pull. You can get BB7s in a MTB version (long pull, and the most common kind) and also in a road version (short pull) which are probably more likely to work with your bmx levers if the levers are designed for short-pull brakes. hope this helps...

100% spot on. I actually just took off my BB7/Speed Dial 7 lever set-up and replaced with a Juicy Ultimate. I just hate the feeling of a manual lever. If interested PM as I have the set-up for sale...
flag sonicsloth
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 5:21 Quote
Gsnickets wrote:
actually, you can run a bmx lever, yes the pull is different, but if you run a J lever, they feel pretty damn awesome... you just have to play around with the adjustment a bit.

true - it is possible to run non-matching short/long pull caliper/levers. From what i hear this creates a less than ideal setup, and requires a bit more fiddling to get it tuned properly, so your best matching them, i guess.
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Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 6:01 Quote
yea, go for it mate, there awesome brakes. I ran my old one with a bmx linear cable, but prefered the avid speed dial lever, to a small bmx one, but thats personal preference!
flag charge-rider
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 7:23 Quote
I have a BB7 with a Odyssey Monolever and I have to say its a pretty amazing set up.
Its takes a few rides and tweaks to bed it in properly.
The amount of adjustment you have is unbeleivable, even for a cable disk brake!
Once you have it perfect i would say its actually better than most hydraulic disks.
I never thought i would say this about a cable disk, but if I did DH I would actually be comfortable using two BB7's!
flag comacruz
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 7:30 Quote
just out of curiosity...what is it that u don't like about your hydros?
flag caravanking
Posted: Nov 25, 2008 at 12:53 Quote
pipes10 wrote:
just out of curiosity...what is it that u don't like about your hydros?
i ride a lot of street and for some reason after i do rotation stuff like 180/360 the lever travel goes from really sensative to all the way to the grip-i hate bleeding them and need to bleed it now and i keep snapping hoses
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