Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake Reviews
Review score: 9.1/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £109.99 – Save 19% (RRP: £136)
Take a look now to discover what makes Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake worthy of a review score of 9.1 out of 10.
Skip to content:
Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake features
Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake
|
|
|
Spec 1
|
Colour: Falcon Grey anodized Other Brake Spares found with this Spec: 1 |
|
Spec 2
|
Size: Front or Rear Other Brake Spares found with this Spec: 17 |
|
Spec 3
|
Diameter: 140mm, 160mm Other Brake Spares found with this Spec: 2 |
|
Feature 1
|
Compatibility: Red, Force, Rival and Apex levers Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 1 |
|
Feature 2
|
Caliper Design: 2-piece, forged, mechanical Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 1 |
|
Feature 3
|
Rotor: HS1 140/160mm Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 1 |
|
Feature 4
|
Pads: Aluminium-backed, organic compound Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 1 |
|
Feature 5
|
Adjustment: Dual knob pad adjustment, Tri-Align™ Caliper Positioning System™ Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 1 |
|
Feature 6
|
Intended Use: Cyclocross, Touring, Commuting, Road Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 1 |
|
Feature 7
|
Weight: 170g, caliper only Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 1 |
|
Price
|
£109.99 |
|
Buy
|
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 Spares. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake 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 Spares. 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 Spares. Brands like Avid 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 Spares 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.
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 Spares.
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 Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake.
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 Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £109.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.8 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Brake Spares
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Brake Spares.
We found 242 in the Brake Spares category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £27.97, making it above average at £109.99.
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 Spares. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £135.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £0.25.
With 242 products available we worked out that 4 cost more than Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake and 236 were cheaper.
Cost of Avid products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 29 products from Avid, of which 14 were in the Brake Spares category.
For now though we’re looking at Avid branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £33.07 making this product above average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Avid product we found was £5.98 and the highest price we could find from them was £109.99.
Of the 29 from Avid, 0 were more expensive than Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake and 28 were cheaper.
How much are Avid Brake Spares?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Avid products that are listed in the Brake Spares category.
The average price of the 14 products that match this search was £38.45, with the cheapest coming in at £12.00 and highest price was £109.99. With the average being £38.45, Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake comes in above average.
0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake and 13 were cheaper.
Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake 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 Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.5 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Brake Spares category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 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 Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake or another similar product, like Avid Bleed Kit reviews or Avid BB5 Mechanical Disc Brake 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 Spares.
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 Spares. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Avid, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake. 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 9.1/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010916143
- Product ID 2: 606050UK
- Brand: Avid
- Model number: 00.5016.166.100
- RRP: £136
- EAN: 710845713835
- Description: Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc BrakeThe Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake provides the proven power and performance of the Avid BB7 brake in a race-ready package designed for the road.The lightweight HS1 rotors and all-titanium hardware saves 25 grams per wheel. So, you’ll be just as confident on the climbs as you are on the descents.Features: Compatibility: Red, Force, Rival and Apex levers Caliper Design: 2-piece, forged, mechanical Rotor: HS1 140/160mm Pads: Aluminium-backed, organic compound Adjustment: Dual knob pad adjustment, Tri-Align Caliper Positioning System Intended Use: Cyclocross, Touring, Commuting, Road Weight: 170g, caliper onlyTechnologies: Tri-Align Caliper Positioning System:¬†Another original Avid technology making your life better‚Äîthere’s never been an easier brake to install and adjust. With Avid’s Tri-Align Caliper Positioning System, aligning the caliper to the rotor literally takes seconds. Just loosen the CPS bolts a little, and then squeeze the brake lever while re-tightening the bolts. Perfect caliper alignment‚Äîjust like that.Buy Avid Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Components > Brake Spares
- Savings percentage from RRP: 19%
- Size: Front or Rear
- Unisex
- 26.01
- Adult
Other options for Brake Spares
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Brake Spares. 242 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Avid BB7 Road SL Mechanical Disc Brake included,
Avid Disc Brake Bleed Kit reviews, Avid Matchmaker X reviews, or we really liked the look of Avid Professional Disc Brake Bleed Kit reviews as another alternative.