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Submitted by
shorner
a Weekend Warrior
from Roanoke, VA
Date Reviewed: October 26, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | The Cove | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Speedgoat | | Strengths: | Strong, light lever, with no slop. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | XT, Avid Speed Dial | | Bottom Line: | Great lever for the price. Works great with the Avid BB7 brakes--pulls plenty of cable and has absolutely no lever slop. The look nice too! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Captain Hypocrisy
a Weekend Warrior
from Bozeman, MT
Date Reviewed: October 12, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Singletrack | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Strengths: | Strong, good feel, adjustable reach. | | Similar Products Used: | Avid Speed Dial | | Bike Setup: | AM full suspension, Avid BB7s | | Bottom Line: | I broke a pair of Avid levers, replaced them with these. They're beefy, solid, and nice and stiff. They have held up to way more than the Avids and are still going strong. Good lever shape. They look a little funny, I think, but that's not very important. All together they're solid levers at a good price. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Craig
a Cross Country Rider
from Omaha, Nebraska
Date Reviewed: March 19, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Swanson Park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$26.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | Very comfortable pull, looks. | | Weaknesses: | None so far... | | Similar Products Used: | Avid, Shimano | | Bike Setup: | 06 Jamis Dakar XC Expert | | Bottom Line: | For the price these are great levers. I like them better than the Avids that I previously owned. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Frank Vinkler
a Cross Country Rider
from Santa Ana, CA
Date Reviewed: November 28, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Switzerland Trail, CO | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Misfitpsycles | | Strengths: | Simple, Strong, Slender, Sexy !
and black.
and petty cheap
:-) | | Weaknesses: | still nothin'... | | Similar Products Used: | Avid SD 5 ,Shimano LX, ... | | Bike Setup: | cromo Kona Cider Cone '98 (my singlespeed version...)- 05 Marzocchi Mx Comp Coil 85, Titec Hellbent bars, crank Truvativ Stylo SS 32T, Gusset 16T cog, DMR Tension Seeker 2, Avid Arch Rival brakes, Mavic Crossland,
| | Bottom Line: | nice piece for good price.... | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Curtis
a Racer
from Ellicott City, MD
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Avalon | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | jenson usa | | Strengths: | Strong levers, good looking, durable, light, cheap | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | LX shift brake combo, XT shift brake combo, tektro crap | | Bike Setup: | Fuel 98, LX/XT mix with BB7 brakes | | Bottom Line: | I have these levers paired to Avid BB7's and they are unbelievably good. They finally washed out of my mind the wishy washy, squishy lever feel I was getting from my other levers. They're also strong as crap as I have been racing (and crashing) on them all season, and they haven't given an inch. Knowing what I know about these levers now, they would be a steal even at 40 bucks. I'm even getting a second pair so i can put them on my new single speed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Raymond
a Cross Country Rider
from State College, PA, USA
Date Reviewed: June 13, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Pig Pile in Rothrock SF | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | www.mtnittanywheelworks.com | | Strengths: | requires no thought or worry | | Weaknesses: | no purple ano
level a little short | | Similar Products Used: | Avid SD 2.0, XT | | Bike Setup: | nearly stock 05 Gary Fisher Rig | | Bottom Line: | I really like these levers. They are very well finished, work great and set up easily. They seem to work better with my Avid Mechnical discs brakes thant the stock Avid levers. A good value at what I pain, not sure if they are truely worht what some places are charging, up to $65 in places. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Patrick
a Cross Country Rider
from Morgan Hill, CA
Date Reviewed: September 14, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | All Of Them | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$33.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | Strong triangular forged design. They're black with short levers. | | Weaknesses: | Threads on cable adjusters are a little loose but easily tightened with the locknut. | | Similar Products Used: | LX and deore. | | Bike Setup: | Yeti 575 with xt drivtrain and avid disc brakes, rhynolite wheels. | | Bottom Line: | Great levers that provide tons of leverage with little flex due to the design. Good for one finger braking with the shorter lever and they look cool. I give em a 5. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric B
a Cross Country Rider
from Truckee, CA
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Hole in the Ground | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Much better feel than the stock levers and less "slop" too. | | Bike Setup: | Kona Explosif more or less stock | | Bottom Line: | A lightweight and good looking upgrade from the stock Avid levers my bike came with. Better braking feel with less effort required over the stock levers. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Justin
a Cross Country Rider
from Ohio
Date Reviewed: March 11, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Look pretty (but thats not why we buy bike parts, is it?) | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano LX and other shimano stuff, avid, cheap levers | | Bike Setup: | 04 GF HKEK w/everything upgraded, avid 1D ti brakes | | Bottom Line: | These work great and feel extrememly solid. I did notice a little virtical play in them after 3/4 of a season, but I was able to easily adjust it out. They fit well with my sram X9 triggers and with my old rapid fire. I would by these again and again, deffinately not another disposable lever like the LX. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Benge
a Cross Country Rider
from UK
Date Reviewed: August 1, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Nice shape. Light. Large. | | Weaknesses: | Not as many bells and whistles as really high-tech levers. Lever seems to come loose faster than you'd think. | | Similar Products Used: | Other levers. | | Bike Setup: | sub22 | | Bottom Line: | I like these levers without really knowing why. They're big, simple, and feel good. I don't feel any desire for the zillions of little 'features' you find on high-end Shimano levers. I prefer the benign simplicity of these levers. They suit big hands, too.
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Submitted by
Joel
a Cross Country Rider
from Tulsa, OK
Date Reviewed: May 16, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Stock On Bike | | Strengths: | Weight, ease of adjustment | | Bike Setup: | Jekyll 600 | | Bottom Line: | Good levers for Vbrakes. Light weight, and provide a good linear feel when braking. Adjustments are easy and these levers provide a lot of adjustment.
Probably wouldn't pay $50 for them, but they are a nice upgrade from a LX lever. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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