I'm building a budget DH rig and wondering about sticking BB7's on it rather than Juicy 5's or similar. Heard good things about power and reliability but most reviews i've seen are from ppl upgrading from V's rather than stepping down from Hydro's (I'm used to Juicy 7's/Hope's....).

I'm thinking nice and simple, cheap, less to go wrong.

What do people think?

Im thinking of going over to one on my Dirt Jump hardtail, but thats completely different.
Ive had one before and got on with it really well, but im not sure of its power for DH.

got them on my gary fisher rig ... coming up for 2 years ago ...

covered stupid ammounts of miles , done countless xc and marathon races on it (singlespeed rocks)

and when i got it i had money set aside to change the brakes to hydros , i opted to try the bb7s and decided it was the best decision i ever made ! great brakes

when i build by long distance MTB tourer when i get back from nz in time to try an epic journey off road ill be using bb7s

reasoning being , ever tried bleeding a brake with no tools or fluid in the backs of beyond ? one spare cable takes up no space

not experianced this fade either and ive riden some hairy long downhills on them

*previous user of hope mono minis , mono m4s , mini pros ,e4s , c2s ,  XTs  old and new

forgot to say , only use them with avid speed dial levers , feel s**t on anything else ive tried

Noop, old style xt. Anything with a square edged lever felt good

That was quite a common combination.

Ive never experienced any problems at all with BB7s. The best pads i used were EBC's Although many others such as goodridge are good.

how heavys that then ?