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hippy
Just noticed something with the bb7 on the front of my Day One that might be helpful to others.
I was fitting new pads, not entirely needed but it’s been super squeaky recently so thought I may as well, and noticed that the tab for pulling them out was hitting the is-post adapter on that side, meaning it sat at a pissed angle when retracted.
I don’t suppose this should make much difference with the squeakiness being that the pad should move off this when the brake is pulled but it should mean more clearance between the pads when relaxed so less rubbing when giving it some out the seat etc.
I just chopped a bit off the tab. Can’t see that doing so will hurt anything and the pad definitely retracts better now.
Pictured you can see the trimmed pad now in situ and the original pad showing a bit of wear on the back of the tab.