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Really is nothing to worry about, they wouldn't have been around for over 20 years unchanged if they weren't decent brakes.
Take the time to sort them up per here :
http://howtosetuptheavidbb7.weebly.com/how-to-set-up-the-avid-bb7.html
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they wouldn't have been around for over 20 years unchanged if they weren't decent brakes.
You can still buy rod brakes and cantis unchanged and they're shit but they've been superseded. BB7s are fine however especially if cable discs is what you need, they're one of the few things still branded Avid and the mounting hardware makes up for poorly faced disc tabs. The red bits usually survive ok if you don't polo and they're cheap to replace.
snottyotter
Thanks for the conflicting advice on bb vs shim ;D
I know they aren’t as good as hydro, but it’s for the front of a fixed so won’t really be doing much heavy lifting on a regular basis. I want to be able to swap bars levers around without the faff of fluid.
I’ll use the ones with the newest pads in then. The BB7 is the winner, for now.