the hope minis are quite good,great bite and hold leaver feels realy nice to and u can pimp them to mach your bike if you wish. get one ov them and you wont be disapointed alltho avid bb7 cable brakes are great if you get a good cable and a decent leaver sumthing like a shimano xtr i have a bb7 with a xtr leaver and its great it got good bite great hold and just asmuch power than a hope if not more. hope i have helped thanks ben