Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads Review

Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads Reviews

Review score: 9.2/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £9.99 – Save 29% (RRP: £13.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads worthy of a review score of 9.2 out of 10.

Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads Review


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Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads features

Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads specs

Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads
Spec 1

Colour: Red

Other Brake Pads found with this Spec: 127

Spec 2

Size: Avid Elixir CR/R, Sram/Avid Trail Series, Magura MT8/MT6/MT4, Shimano M985/987

Other Brake Pads found with this Spec: 1

Feature 1

MTB Compatibility: Alfine S700, Deore M615, Deore XT M785 / M8000, SLX M666 / M675, XTR M9000 / M9020 / M985 / M987

Other Brake Pads found with this feature: 2

Feature 2

Road Compatibility: CX75, CX77, R315, R317, R515, R517, R785, RS785

Other Brake Pads found with this feature: 2

Feature 3

Backing Plate: Steel

Other Brake Pads found with this feature: 1

Feature 4

Low noise, high-performance, durable compound

Other Brake Pads found with this feature: 1

Price

£9.99

Number of Reviews

4

Review Score

4 / 5

Average score in category: 4.3/5

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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 Pads. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads 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 Pads. 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 Pads. 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 Pads 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 Pads.

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 Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads.

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 Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £9.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.8 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Brake Pads

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

We found 298 in the Brake Pads category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £13.46, making it below average at £9.99.

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 Pads. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £47.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £1.99.

With 298 products available we worked out that 169 cost more than Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads and 104 were cheaper.

Cost of Jagwire products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 39 products from Jagwire, of which 12 were in the Brake Pads 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 below 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, 25 were more expensive than Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads and 12 were cheaper.

How much are Jagwire Brake Pads?

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

The average price of the 12 products that match this search was £9.12, with the cheapest coming in at £3.99 and highest price was £13.49. With the average being £9.12, Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads comes in above average.

5 products that meet this search were more expensive than Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads and 5 were cheaper.


Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads 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 Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.4 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Brake Pads 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 Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads or another similar product, like Seal BMX Seal Progression Brake Pads reviews or Campagnolo Shamal Mille Brake Pad Set 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 Pads.


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 Pads. 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.


YouTube Video of Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads. 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 9.2/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 26020892329
  • Product ID 2: 594066UK
  • Brand: Jagwire
  • Model number: DCA087
  • RRP: £13.99
  • EAN: 4715910031353
  • Description: Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake PadsThe Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads are perfect if you’d like to upgrade the pads that your bike came supplied with. Featuring a high performance semi-metallic compound that combines the low noise properties of a resin pad with the durability and predictability of a metallic pad, these are a great all-round option.Features: MTB Compatibility: Alfine S700, Deore M615, Deore XT M785 / M8000, SLX M666 / M675, XTR M9000 / M9020 / M985 / M987 Road Compatibility: CX75, CX77, R315, R317, R515, R517, R785, RS785 Backing Plate: Steel Low noise, high-performance, durable compoundBuy Jagwire Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Components > Brake Pads
  • Savings percentage from RRP: 29%
  • Size: Magura MT8/MT6/MT4
  • Unisex
  • 4
  • Adult

Other options for Brake Pads

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Brake Pads. 298 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Jagwire Semi-Metallic Disc Brake Pads included,
SwissStop Flash ProPrince Carbon Rim Brake Pads reviews, Tektro 836.12 Junior Brake Pads reviews, or we really liked the look of Kool Stop MTB Dual Compound Pair Of Brake Blocks reviews as another alternative.

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