Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit Reviews

Review score: 8.8/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £54.81 – Save 12% (RRP: £61.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit worthy of a review score of 8.8 out of 10.

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• Reviews
• Brand – Jagwire
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• Summary
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View reviews at Chain Reaction Cycles

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Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Brake Cables. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Brake Cables. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Brake Cables. Brands like Jagwire are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Brake Cables category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Brake Cables.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £54.81 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.3 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Brake Cables

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Brake Cables.

We found 69 in the Brake Cables category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £11.63, making it above average at £54.81.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Brake Cables. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £61.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £0.99.

With 69 products available we worked out that 1 cost more than Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit and 67 were cheaper.

Cost of Jagwire products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 39 products from Jagwire, of which 10 were in the Brake Cables category.

For now though we’re looking at Jagwire branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £17.82 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Jagwire product we found was £2.49 and the highest price we could find from them was £61.99.

Of the 39 from Jagwire, 1 were more expensive than Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit and 37 were cheaper.

How much are Jagwire Brake Cables?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Jagwire products that are listed in the Brake Cables category.

The average price of the 10 products that match this search was £27.14, with the cheapest coming in at £2.49 and highest price was £61.99. With the average being £27.14, Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit comes in above average.

1 products that meet this search were more expensive than Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit and 8 were cheaper.

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Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.7 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Brake Cables category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.2 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit or another similar product, like Jagwire Mountain Elite Link Brake Kit reviews or Jagwire Mountain Pro Brake Kit reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Brake Cables.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Brake Cables. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Jagwire, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.8/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010918839
• Product ID 2: 593961UK
• Brand: Jagwire
• Model number: RCK702
• RRP: £61.99
• EAN: 4715910038239
• Description: Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake KitJagwire’s Road Elite Link Brake Kit offers you the ultimate combination of durability and unique looks. Its compressionless links enhance your braking performance due to their ability to bend without kinking, ensuring your frame’s cable routing design doesn’t compromise cable movement. Also included are Jagwire’s Elite ultra-slick polished cables and slick-lube liners to ensure friction-free operation and enhanced braking modulation.Features: Compressionless link housing with extreme flexibility Links pre-installed on inner housing segments 50% lighter than traditional coiled steel outer; 30% lighter than Kevlar outer Durable, ultra-slick polished inner cables Aluminium housing won’t kink or rust Hose¬†Construction: Aluminium links with slick-lube liner Compatibility: SRAM/Shimano road Front Cable¬†Length: 850mm Rear Cable Length: 1,650mm Housing Length: 1,300mm (additional links and liners available separately) Cables: STS-EL Outside¬†Diameter: 5.0mm Contents: 1x 400mm link segment on 2,000mm lubed liner 1x 400mm link segment on 610mm lubed liner 1x 240mm link segment on 710mm lubed liner 1x 850mm Elite ultra-slick polished stainless front brake inner cable 1x 1,650mm Elite ultra-slick polished stainless front brake inner cable 26x extra links 2x CGX-SL brake housing segment, 300mm 2x open alloy end caps 2x adapter end caps to 5mm housing stop 2x adapter end caps to 5mm brake housing 2x colour-matched cable tips 7x mini tube tops 3x cable donuts 2x rotating hooks Technologies:Alloy Interconnecting Links: Aluminium, lightweight, lubricated links are a more efficient alternative to traditional compressionless housing as this system is made of nesting alloy pieces that protect the liner. Although this housing is typically more expensive, it has several advantages including increased flexibility, reduced weight, and increased durability. Both shift and brake housings use identical slick-lube liners and interconnecting alloy pieces.STS-EL Cables: These pre-stretched, highly polished, uncoated slick stainless steel spiral-bound cables deliver the ultimate low-friction performance and can be used with any housing and lubricant. These Elite level cables deliver incredibly accurate, smooth performance.Buy¬†Jagwire Components¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Brake Cables
• Savings percentage from RRP: 12%
• Unisex
• 7.18
• Adult

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Other options for Brake Cables

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Brake Cables. 69 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit included,
Jagwire Road Pro Brake Cable Kit reviews, Seal BMX Progression Linear Brake Cable reviews, or we really liked the look of Seal BMX Progression Upper Gyro Cable reviews as another alternative.