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It's interesting, Avid/SRAM specifies two different methods to adjust the brake. One is loosen caliper first, then squeeze brake lever 5 times, then hold break lever in and tighten caliper bolts, then adjust non moving pad first until it hits the rotor, then the moving pad until it hits the rotor, then back both off 2-3 twists. The other method is the same expect you don't do the brake squeeze first and you tighten the caliper bolts after you've moved both the moving and non moving pads into contact with the rotor. Nor sure which method is best! I just got 180 mm hs1 with the avid mts s installed on front and it's light-years better than 160 mm promax solve even without ripcord cable and with stock organic pads. Next I'll upgrade it with ripcord cabling. Turns out the ebay vendor sent me bigger 180 mm rotors front and rear, no complaints..

@bing how does it compare when it comes to lockup force of the bb7 with same rotor size? @andyt I have a pair of BBDB and will compare it to the new MTS caliper on 180 mm hs1 discs with the ripcord housing and sd7 levers. I heard you could shave some metal of it to fit 160/180/200 mm discs? Re setup, I'm thinking to go for the "loosen caliper, break hard to making the caliper grab the rotor and self align, then tighten bolts".

Ok I got too excited reading the forums, so here's what I got, prices including shipping (i'm in the US atm soon moving back to EU) Jagwire Ripcord w Teflon coated cables kit $25 (new) Avid HS1 180mm rotor $14 (for rear, lightly used) Avid 40mm adapter $8 (new) BB7-S MTB calipers (incl SD7 levers, 160mm HS1 rotors and organic pads, used once) $75 Total incl shipping and taxes: $122 or 96GBP - not bad! Any reason to upgrade from stock avid organic pads?

When I say trials I mean light trials, I'm obvs not looking to compete, but I want to play around a bit and it translates well to technical xc

Just got back into trials replacing my steel frame roadbike with a Raleigh Redux 2 (used, it was cheap), possibly a mid-life crisis @ 33. My old trials/xc bike I built myself w Avid BB7 up front and Avid V-brakes on the rear which as far as I can remember was great, the Promax Solve hydraulics on the Redux are in comparison highly questionable. Looking for a pair of disc brakes for max $200/set with good enough modulation for nose manuals and strong enough to do pedal hops with confidence. What rotors/adapters/brakes/levers do you recommend? (I'm 190 lb)