domonza Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Hello, i just curious really but whats the difference between the two, any good or bad points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 bb7 is adjustablein the fact you can move each pad in towards the rotor individually where the bb5 is just a case of cable tension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zordon Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 There is only one adjustable bad in bb5 (two in bb7). Also pads are of different shape (don't know if pad compound differs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickycoleman Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 I think the main difference is that the BB7 is slightly moe adjustable, This is good if you want to make it asier to set up your perfect brake, bad if you tend to land on the disk side of your forks because theres more to hit. After taking some rubbish advice off here,I bought the BB5 and its a bit pants, so I'd say spend the extra and get the B7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 The additional adjustment in the BB7 allows to get more power out of it over the BB5 if you're no good at setting up brakes. The inner pad can be adjusted and it's position is crucial to the power of the brake. Basically the closer it is to the rotor (or even with slight drag) the stronger the brake will be. Obviously you can get that done on a BB5 but it's just more difficult because you have to shift the whole caliper as opposed to turning a knob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Basically the closer the inner pad is to the rotor (or even with slight drag) the stronger the brake will be.How did you work that out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 How did you work that out?It's because its not having to flex the rotor over I guess, meaning the pads are hitting square'er on. I'm not sure really, but it seems to be the way it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam-pantera Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 the new 2007 bb5 have more ajustabilty and im only running a 160 rotor on my 26" and it realy strong i think with a 180 it will be mint . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damon Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Got bb7, seen bb5. Excluding adjustability the pads in bb7 are twice bigger than in bb5, and there are some equivalents of them, ie. ones produced by jagwire. Suprisingly bb7 is 4 grams lighter than bb5 I got bb7 at 185 rotor, it`s worth cash i payed for it. With bike I weight about 100 kilos, and it never failed to block the wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 How did you work that out?Experience, had a few mechanical brakes. And as Mr. Long Name pointed out, it's to do with not flexing the rotor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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