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Shimano
Alivio brake levers
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Submitted by
CRXPilot
a Weekend Warrior
from Lubbock, TX
Date Reviewed: April 18, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Low price
Simple, no-gimmick operation | | Weaknesses: | None found yet | | Similar Products Used: | Stock Giant pieces | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Giant Yukon | | Bottom Line: | The rattling and wobbling from the stock levers drove me nuts so I drove 5 minutes to the closest of 5 Lubbock bike shops and spent 15 of the smartest dollars I've spent. The Alivio lever (M420) is aluminum all over, is light, stiff, quiet, and is shaped right. If you purchase a sub-$500 bike, please consider swapping the '80s BMX levers for a pair of these. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: February 12, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Stock on 1996 GT Ricochet - D'Ornellas Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Shimano quality & durability levers that lasted for years on my bike. | | Weaknesses: | Screw head got stripped when replacing the stock GT (flat/xc) bar for a Pazzaz DH wiser bar with brace. | | Similar Products Used: | Inexpensive Tektro's on 1994 Raleigh Matterhorn & Hayes HFX 9 XC on my 2001 Trek Fuel 90 Disk. | | Bike Setup: | 1996 GT Ricochet. | | Bottom Line: | These brake levers did a good job on my 1996 GT Ricochet from the time I got it in mid Oct.1996 to mid June 2004.
Bottom Line: While I had them they were great and worked flawlessly. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Simon Lee
a Cross Country Rider
from Seoul, Korea
Date Reviewed: September 9, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Umeon Mtn. | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | Corex | | Strengths: | It works like $1.00 brake. | | Weaknesses: | Where do I start? Plastic junk! | | Similar Products Used: | XT | | Bike Setup: | turbo charged | | Bottom Line: | Don't buy it! If it's on your stock bike, junk it and upgrade. It's a sad excuse for brake and lever. Shimano stay with manufacturing upper ends. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chris k.
a Cross Country Rider
from lynchburg, va, usa
Date Reviewed: October 1, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | the new one | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | bikes unlimited | | Strengths: | weight, price, improved braking power, looks. | | Weaknesses: | none. | | Similar Products Used: | stock on kids trek y24. | | Bike Setup: | kids trek y24, shimano alivio brake levers, jagwire brake pads, redline platform pedals, selle italia flite ti. | | Bottom Line: | these are great brake levers they improved my braking power by far. they are a great product. buy these if you want to improve your braking power for not much price.
I'm 11 and my stock kids brake levers gave me very little braking power I couldn't stop that well all the time as soon as I got these I could stop anywhere I wanted and control my speed with one finger. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
poida
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, Australia
Date Reviewed: June 9, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Super cheap and they feel pretty good to me | | Weaknesses: | i stripped out the thread for the bolt that clamps the lever to the bar somehow i dunno how | | Similar Products Used: | avid SD 1.9SL | | Bike Setup: | DMR Sidekick Trials setup; Deore rear brake with carbon booster, Tektro front | | Bottom Line: | I like these mine don't have that much play even though i've bashed them many a time. They don't flex too much. Get em they work well | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Seb
a Cross Country Rider
from Ware, UK
Date Reviewed: March 4, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Oh DEAR! I'll get back to you... | | Weaknesses: | Right, where to start!
*Too much play
*Feel crunchy
*No modulation
*Look cheap'n'cheerful
*Cable adjuster barrel is plastic
*Rattle over bumpy terrain | | Similar Products Used: | 2000 XT levers, 98 XT levers | | Bike Setup: | RSP 200, Manitou mangum, Deore/Deore XT | | Bottom Line: | They will work but they look and feel like they shouldnt! (oh theyre not that bad really :]) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Neo
a Weekend Warrior
from Norway
Date Reviewed: November 21, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
Sørmarka (Norway) | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
The strength of this product is that it is easy and simple, yet very durable and strong.
It is also very cheap and it has a very good grip. | | Weaknesses: |
Nothing I can think of. | | Similar Products Used: |
Shimano Altus V-brake lever. | | Bike Setup: |
I have a DBS Cybertrack, Norwegian manufacture. I use Shimano Deore LX
V-brakes. | | Bottom Line: | The Shimano Alivio brake levers is a very good alternative to the much more expensive XT or XTR levers. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe
a racer
from Barberton, OH
Date Reviewed: February 13, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I use these levers with LX vees. These levers rock. They are less bulky than LX yet they're far less expensive than XT. I really like them and with the reach adjuster they can fit about anybody's hands. Plus they work fine with GripShift. The only bad thing is that they rattle ever so slightly on bumpy downhills. | | Overall Rating: |
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