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Avid Single Digit 3 Brake System
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User Reviews
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tex5491
a Weekend Warrior
from Austin, TX Date Reviewed: November 11, 2009 Strengths: When tuned breaks bit very good, works very good even in wet conditions Weaknesses: only slowed me down on steep decents. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Green belt 360 to beyond hill of life Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: OEM Similar Products Used: hand full of other brakes some "V" some disc. Bike Setup: Gary Fisher warranty fram deore components ect... 
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Latias93
a Cross Country Rider
from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Date Reviewed: February 21, 2009 Strengths: Durable, good modulation. Weaknesses: May misalign occasionally. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Bukit Kiara Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $18.00 Purchased At: BikePro Bike Setup: Giant XtC Team, Marzocchi Bomber, Avid Single Digit 3 
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jack_demo
a Cross Country Rider
from UK Date Reviewed: June 9, 2008 Strengths: strong stopping power, cheap, reliable. Weaknesses: none really. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $15.00 Purchased At: birkenhead cycles Similar Products Used: cheapo crap shimano things, scott comps Bike Setup: marin pioneer trail 08, mainly stock apart from brakes and tyres (DMR motoR's)
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Harry Hall
a Cross Country Rider
from England Date Reviewed: October 8, 2006 Strengths: Good value for money, decent XC stopping power Weaknesses: Dodgy screws, occasional problems with alignment Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Quantocks Duration Product Used: 6 months Purchased At: 15.00 Similar Products Used: Avid SD5, Shimano XT Bike Setup: 2006 Specialized Rockhopper, stock (mostly) 
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Paul
a Cross Country Rider
from Denver Date Reviewed: August 27, 2006 Strengths: Seemed to work ok for first few months of riding. Stopping was ok in most situations. Weaknesses: After part of the first season their power began to wear out and I was clenching harder and harder to get the bike to stop. Now the spit brake pad material all over the rims and my hands hurt after only short downhills. Just ordered some Avid SD 7s that I am sure will be a big improvement over these. Sheesh, call me a fool for waiting so long. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Chimney Gulch to Apex to Sluicebox Duration Product Used: 2 Years Purchased At: on new bike Similar Products Used: Other older Avid V-brakes that seemed to work better on my old bike. Bike Setup: Stumpjumper hardtail with Fox Float, Thudbuster, Candy SL, soon-to-be new brakes.
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el ray
from the midwest Date Reviewed: March 1, 2006 Strengths: Mega strong stopping power like all Avids. Immeditate grab. Weaknesses: Not as much modulation as weaker brakes (they're simply so strong they often lock up immediately) I try not to ever use the back for this reason. They go out of alignment sometimes (I can't figure this out) Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years Similar Products Used: dozens
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Niklaus Hartmann
a Weekend Warrior
from Cochabamba, Bolivia Date Reviewed: March 25, 2005 Strengths: Simplistic design, above average braking power in its price range. Weaknesses: I don't know maybe its just me but I nearly end up in a mental institution everytime I take them apart and try to adjust again. Once you setup the brakes correctly they work very well, but the setup takes me forever... as I mentioned earlier maybe its just me... Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Escalarani, Cochabamba Duration Product Used: 6 months Purchased At: Stock on bike Similar Products Used: Shimano Deore and XT's Bike Setup: Scwinn Mesa SL '03, RD: Deore, FD: XT, Michelin X-Sport Tires (I highly recommend these)... blah blah blah...
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Matt
a Cross Country Rider
from Omaha Date Reviewed: January 13, 2005 Strengths: Easy To install, Light action, Cheap Weaknesses: HAvnt had um long enough to find one. But don't worry I will Everything has flaws. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Whateva Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $10.00 Purchased At: Buddy Similar Products Used: Just the stock brakes that came w/the bike. Bike Setup: Raleigh M60
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Joe
a Cross Country Rider
from canada Date Reviewed: September 16, 2004 Strengths: Well, I've ridden these for 7 years. The ones I have don't even have the little adjuster screws. They might even be SD 1s! My front pair finally died. Guess I didn't get all the salt out from winter riding before going away for 6 months. Came back to seized brakes. No problem, disasemble, clean, regrease, just like the last 6 years. Well, this time the spring part that's pressure fitted to the bushing came off, leaving the bushing inside. "Well s..t". Just can't get it out. These brakes have,until now (due to neglect), held up wonderfully. The front still has the ORIGINAL PADS, and I've done A SICK amount of riding. I even did couriering on this bike for a year (90+km/day). I didn't think I'd ever replace these. Yes, they could have better braking power and better modulation. But they're so simple and so easy to setup, and if you know how to ride, scrub speed on terrain, use arms and leg movement, then you don't need rediculous destroy the trail stopping power. Weaknesses: If you let them sit with salt for 6 months, the bushings will seize. More power would be safer in the wet. More modulation would be sweet (I miss my cantis). Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Purchased At: with bike Similar Products Used: xt V, lots of cantis, SRAM 9 Bike Setup: Thin Blue Line '97 steel hard tail, fully rigid, 8spd xt shifter/levers, avid 1s(?), lx rear d, xt 8 cogset, stx front, ugly green wildgrippers, raceface chainrings, sugino cranks, raceface lowrise bar, blue oury grips, specialized balls happy saddle -it's a frankenbike! 
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Patrice Monroe
a Cross Country Rider
from Ljubljana, Slovenia Date Reviewed: August 26, 2004 Strengths: Well... maybe, it is accuracy of braking, but nothing is really special in this brake. It is just to weak. Weaknesses: lack of braking power. I cannot do endo even with my Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: up to 15% on ascent, up to 50% on descent with some obstacles such as roots, stones, no 50 cm drops Duration Product Used: 3 months Purchased At: came with bike setup Similar Products Used: brakes on Felt FS-250. Did the same job much better. Bike Setup: Avid SD3, deore brake levers.
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Justin
a Cross Country Rider
from Christchurch Date Reviewed: April 28, 2004 Strengths: Do the job they were designed to do if you bother to set them up properly Cheap enough for Avid Look good in black Weaknesses: Require a little bit of patience to set up (but nothing a monkey couldn't do) Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Faff'n round the forrest Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $25.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: SD7's, SD Mag Bike Setup: Kona Unit Singlespeed
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Matt Brennan
a Cross Country Rider
from T.O.,Canada Date Reviewed: April 19, 2004 Strengths: * They work well * Easy to adjust * Stop bike Weaknesses: * None (maybe not cool enough for some) Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: toxic forest Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: cantilevers SD-7 Bike Setup: 03 lava dome, raceface prodigy crank, marz Mx comp, Sun subIV w/ xtr hubs, xt drivetrain.
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heine
a Racer
from St.L,MO,USA Date Reviewed: April 14, 2004 Strengths: Cheap. Effective. Weaknesses: Arms flex under heavy loads making the stopping power of the brakes less predictable and just plain less. stock pads will wear quickly and changing the pads does help performance a bit. I'm finding that I'd like more tire clearance. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Everywhere Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $20.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: Avid disc mechanicals, Avid 10, Tektro, various no-names. Bike Setup: Single speed full rigid
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Sam
from Bend OR Date Reviewed: April 9, 2004 Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Flagline Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Similar Products Used: Avid 2.0, Avid 7.0, Hayes Disk Bike Setup: Klein Palomino V
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Benn Jamieson
a Cross Country Rider
from Brighton Date Reviewed: February 10, 2004 Strengths: They're in black. Weaknesses: Brake pads wear out too quickly. Fiddly to align. Too weak. Rusts! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Ditchling Beacon to Buckland Bank Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $40.00 Purchased At: EBay Similar Products Used: Stock cantilevers on me Cannondale. Bike Setup: Cannondale with SRAM and Raceface
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