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That’s fair.
I don’t mind bb7s. I have the same irks with them that you do, mainly the misalignment of the pads which makes getting them to run rub free and with decent lever feel difficult.
The concave/convex washers are as much a curse as they are a blessing too I feel.
I think I’d be more likely to shell out for Klampers than some super fancy Hopes or something. I expect though that I’d get the same performance out of a Shimano mechanical caliper.
The Growtacs are yeah about the cost of used Klampers, more readily available though as I only have IS/post mount bikes not flat mount which seems to be what a lot of the Klampers are. Could always run an adapter.
There’s hooky Growtacs on Aliexpress which I’m tempted by, would feel a bit shit buying fake Paul stuff but Growtac seems more like a faceless corporation? Maybe they’re not.