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My Pompetamine's horizontal drop outs seem to necessitate a fight/to re-setup my avid bb7s any time I do anything with the rear wheel.
After my latest (multiple hr) fight for non-catching+reasonable lever throw I am strongly considering switching to hydraulic, especially as all the hardware on the avids is past wearing our from ~5 years of commuting and multiply being re-setup.
From reading back a few pages these https://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-slx-m7000-front-and-rear-disc-brake-set-95363.html seem a reasonable/good bet. How do you tell if these are set up the British way?
Having been scarred by my bb7 experience (apart from once they are set up when they have been great) is it just a case of bolting the new ones on and squeezing the lever a couple of times, or is it worth taking to a bike shop? Do I need a different adaptor or will it work on the current one?