Brakes Disk Brake Suggestions

Hey chainmaker,
I bought a hub, disc and caliper on ebay for cheap from china. After one run with it on my whizzer, the pads were eaten up. Its a mechqnical brake, as opposed the hydraulic. The next brake im after is the Avid bb5. Its around 50 bucks for caliper and rotor. Mind you the rotor is made to bolt directly to a hub.
 
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i found a rotor and caliper combo of the Avid BB5 for 40 bucks. After welding on a bracket to hold the rotor, and breaking in the pads, I can say that the BB5 is well worth the money. Has plenty of grip.
 
Avid BB7 calipers because the left and right hand side pads can be individually adjusted in relation to the disk rotor.

I have found the Shimano 8 inch disk rotor to be great at absorbing and radiating heat with it's dendritic geometry.

If you want even more braking power, the Hayes 9 inch rotor is excellent but will need some modification of the caliper adapter to make it work on an I.S. mount.
 
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