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Following up on sinned_1's thread from yesterday, I gave SRAM a call today in hopes of getting a scoop. Unfortunately the SRAM guys aren't as in tune with Avid product as well as past Avid employees were (and who all had the benefit of being just a few steps away from the product designer/engineer/guru Mike M.
Anyhow, it's absolutely nothing to get excited about. A different Mike from SRAM laid it out like this:
The BB7 will be the same Avid Ball Bearing Disc Brake we all know and love. No design change.
The BB5 is focused at the OE market, but will be available aftermarket. The only difference Mike knew of is the outer pad adjuster goes away. Hmmm...!?! He hasn't seen any weights on the product. It will continue to use CPS washers.
That doesn't make a whole ton of sense to me, but what is, is. Three-quarters of me expects the BB5 to be a heavier component; the rest of me is thinking, hey, with one pad adjuster missing, why not shave a few grams? But whatever...
So now we just have to wait and see of a "BBSL" -- or whatever lightweight designation they come up with -- makes an appearance this year. Both the old and new guard have acknowledged it exists in theory: A "lighter weight" version of the mechanical disc, perhaps in part accomplished by the elimination of the CPS system. So far, nothing.
Anyhow, it's absolutely nothing to get excited about. A different Mike from SRAM laid it out like this:
The BB7 will be the same Avid Ball Bearing Disc Brake we all know and love. No design change.
The BB5 is focused at the OE market, but will be available aftermarket. The only difference Mike knew of is the outer pad adjuster goes away. Hmmm...!?! He hasn't seen any weights on the product. It will continue to use CPS washers.
That doesn't make a whole ton of sense to me, but what is, is. Three-quarters of me expects the BB5 to be a heavier component; the rest of me is thinking, hey, with one pad adjuster missing, why not shave a few grams? But whatever...
So now we just have to wait and see of a "BBSL" -- or whatever lightweight designation they come up with -- makes an appearance this year. Both the old and new guard have acknowledged it exists in theory: A "lighter weight" version of the mechanical disc, perhaps in part accomplished by the elimination of the CPS system. So far, nothing.