Jagwire Road Pro Brake Cable Kit Reviews

Review score: 9.0/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £26.93 – Save 21% (RRP: £33.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Jagwire Road Pro Brake Cable Kit worthy of a review score of 9.0 out of 10.

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• Brand – Jagwire
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View reviews at Chain Reaction Cycles

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Jagwire Road Pro Brake Cable 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 Pro Brake Cable Kit.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Jagwire Road Pro Brake Cable 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 Pro Brake Cable Kit

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Jagwire Road Pro Brake Cable 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 Pro Brake Cable Kit was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £26.93 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.6 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 £26.93.

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 9 cost more than Jagwire Road Pro Brake Cable Kit and 59 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, 9 were more expensive than Jagwire Road Pro Brake Cable Kit and 29 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 Pro Brake Cable Kit comes in below average.

4 products that meet this search were more expensive than Jagwire Road Pro Brake Cable Kit and 5 were cheaper.

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Jagwire Road Pro Brake Cable 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 Pro Brake Cable Kit reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Jagwire Road Pro Brake Cable Kit, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.1 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 Pro Brake Cable Kit or another similar product, like Seal BMX Progression Linear Brake Cable reviews or Seal BMX Progression Upper Gyro Cable 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 Pro Brake Cable Kit

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

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Jagwire Road Pro Brake Cable 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 9.0/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010918851
• Product ID 2: 594050UK
• Brand: Jagwire
• Model number: PCK208
• RRP: £33.99
• EAN: 4715910038345
• Description: Jagwire Road Pro Brake Cable KitA perfect upgrade if you are in the market to improve you braking, the Jagwire Pro Road Brake kit includes pre-stretched stainless-steel road inner cables paired up with reinforced Kevlar outer cable.Features:Pro level polished cables combined with slick-lube inner linersKevlar® reinforced housingKit includes long housing and cables to ensure compatibility with large frames or mechanical disc brakesAll parts needed for a complete brake cable and housing installHose Construction: KEB with slick-lube linerCompatibility: SRAM®/Shimano® roadFront Cable Length: 1,500mmRear Cable Length: 2,800mmHousing Length: 3,000mmCables: STS-PSOutside Diameter: 5.0mmTechnologies:KEB-SL Outer Cable: This high-quality outer cable consists of linear strands that are Kevlar®-reinforced, and that wrap around a slick-lube liner. A major performance upgrade to coiled steel, this compressionless housing starts with a similar construction to Jagwire’s LEX shift housing that reduces weight by 30%. The woven Kevlar® layer gives the housing the strength and flexibility that is necessary for braking applications.STS-PS Cables: These pre-stretched, slick stainless-steel spiral-bound cables undergo a polishing process to further remove imperfections. This creates a smoother surface with lower friction than PTFE-coated cables. With no coating, these are highly durable and compatible with all performance housings and lubricants. Typically used on high-end bikes by riders looking for ultimate performance.Buy¬†Jaguire Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Brake Cables
• Savings percentage from RRP: 21%
• Unisex
• 7.06
• 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 Pro Brake Cable Kit included,
Seal BMX Progression Lower Gyro Cable reviews, Campagnolo Brake Cableset reviews, or we really liked the look of Transfil Black Snake Brake Cable Set, Black reviews as another alternative.