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edscoble
Well, no. BB5/BB7 needs some additional adjustment compared to Spyres but unless you are utterly hamfisted or riding in wet sand, it's a once-a-month kind of thing.
If I had a blank slate I'd suggest spyres tho. They are better. Just not so great that they would justify the cost and hassle of swapping from BB7 which is already a very good brake.
The exception is if you are racing CX*, but then I'd suggest upgrading to Hy/Rd if I was starting from BB7.
* Why? Because you can use an inline cable adjuster to adjust both pads with a Spyre, rather than just the actuated pad on BB7, meaning if you do race in conditions that destroy brake pads you can adjust whilst riding the bike. This is very, very rare though if you using sintered brake pads.