Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

People say they're good but imo they're ridiculously expensive for what is the end a mostly nicer looking mechanical disc brake caliper

That's not really much to aspire to...even Shimanos basic offering does a better job

Shimanos basic offering does a better job

You find Shimano cable discs better than BB7s?

Frankly yeah. Install, adjust, forget. BB's need to be angled and shit. Ain't nobody got time for that!

Fair enough, haven't tried them for a long time, been really happy with the BB7s on my mtb, would say they outperform hydros even.

I do find when you find the sweet spot, they'd stop a mad max truck on a dime, but most of the time it's always that 'shwing shwing' following you till death do you part.
Considering how cheap hydro is now, It just doesn't make sense unless you enjoy franken biking everything.

It just doesn't make sense unless you enjoy franken biking everything.

Ah...well...

That's not really much to aspire to...even Shimanos basic offering does a better job

I don't know, the Shimano one is great, but like every mechanical disc calipers, it relied on whether the frame is faced perfectly to allow the pads to sit 100% parallel to the rotor.

The main thing I love about BB7s or any SRAM/Avid disc brakes is that it can be aligned at any angle to compensate.

Biggest issues I have with BB7s is that the pads won't sit 100% on the calipers, so even if you aligned it right, it still sit at an angle inside the calipers.

Shimano isn't faultless with this, but less common.

Ass saver + sks chromoplastics = win.

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Did Salvador Dali do your front mudguard stays?

He was unavailable, though the surrealist take does help them clear the front caliper.

Hahaha. Nice. ^^ Would rep etc

Really into this one!

Made this setup few years ago. Bolted a Suntour thumbshifter boss on a brake lever,
then installed a Suntour powershifter. Worked very well.

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@spotter you turn this page into gold. Love those salsas

Oooo interesting! That looks ideal. I'll see what I can find that would allow that.

Nice. Do you have a link to that?

That's loooong.

when you want your stem and rack to match your frame, but you too lazy to ring up Traction and ask for the RAL

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vogel-rahmenbau/albums/72157635466631870

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1651330998499319&id=100008673036474

Lot's of sweet stuff on their Flickr

Thanks dude!

Tool roll and mutant stem make it anti to me...

Some nice stuff on there