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  • December 8, 2011 at 9:49 pm #933478
    txgoonie
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    Shoot – I thought it was just me. Having a terrible time getting those dialed in:(

    December 8, 2011 at 10:35 pm #933479
    CCrew
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    Yeah…. The delta between bb5’s and bb7’s is huge…

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    I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.176125,-78.116147

    December 9, 2011 at 2:02 pm #933490
    americancyclo
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    hopefully your new ones will squeak less!

    December 9, 2011 at 2:59 pm #933492
    PrintError
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    @americancyclo 11821 wrote:

    hopefully your new ones will squeak less!

    After a few too many battles with snow, the BB5s on my winter bike squeal like hell. I gave up trying to fix it after a dozen attempts, and now I just use it as a warning signal.

    December 9, 2011 at 3:16 pm #933494
    jabberwocky
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    BB5s are pretty mediocre. BB7s are much better brakes. Though they do still need a lot of adjustment. Get hydraulics if you want set-and-forget.

    December 12, 2011 at 7:14 pm #933578
    PrintError
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    The BB5 will still pull me into an endo if I grab it hard, I’m not disappointed with them at all. Next time I build a snow bike, I’ll go bigger (maybe even a 29er), but for a budget build, the BB5s rock.

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