Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper Reviews

Review score: 9.1/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £45 – Save 10% (RRP: £49.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper worthy of a review score of 9.1 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – Shimano
• Videos
• Summary
• Alternatives

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Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper 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 Brakes. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper 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 Brakes. 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 Brakes. Brands like Shimano 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 Brakes 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 Brakes.

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 Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper.

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 Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £45 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.2 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Brakes

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

We found 171 in the Brakes category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £122.95, making it below average at £45.

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 Brakes. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £499.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £7.99.

With 171 products available we worked out that 133 cost more than Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper and 36 were cheaper.

Cost of Shimano products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 854 products from Shimano, of which 62 were in the Brakes category.

For now though we’re looking at Shimano branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £94.29 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Shimano product we found was £1.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £1999.99.

Of the 854 from Shimano, 395 were more expensive than Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper and 456 were cheaper.

How much are Shimano Brakes?

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

The average price of the 62 products that match this search was £114.49, with the cheapest coming in at £14.44 and highest price was £499.00. With the average being £114.49, Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper comes in below average.

43 products that meet this search were more expensive than Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper and 18 were cheaper.

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Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper 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 Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper, 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 Brakes category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.4 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 Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper or another similar product, like Shimano XTR M9120 Disc Brake reviews or Shimano Sora BR-R3000 Brake Caliper 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 Brakes.

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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 Brakes. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Shimano, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper. 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.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010916313
• Product ID 2: 654994UK
• Brand: Shimano
• Model number: BRR7010RL
• RRP: £49.99
• EAN: 4524667896616
• Description: Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake CaliperThe Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper features an elegant and sleek low-profile construction. Providing exceptional braking performance with modern, wide road race tyres and provides a smooth and light braking operation, where braking power remains sensational.Precise Braking ControlDesigned to be fitted to a direct mount frame or fork, where it provides advanced aerodynamic performance, gives your bike a clean look and will integrate perfectly with any Shimano SLR EV equipped brake/shift lever. This caliper design delivers flex-free braking control, ensuring that you are in complete control when coming into any corner, fast technical section or when you require precise braking accuracy to maintain your position at the front of the pack.Features: Material: Aluminium Intended Use: Road Series: Shimano 105 R7000 Mount Type: Direct Mount Reach: 51mm Compatibility: Shimano SLR EV Recommended Brake Shoe: Shimano R55C4 Max Tyre Width: 28c Compatible Rim Width Range: 20.8-28.0 mm Brake Type: Caliper Weight: 174g (per caliper)Buy Shimano Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Brakes
• Savings percentage from RRP: 10%
• Size: Rear – 51mm Drop
• Unisex
• 4.99
• Adult

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Other options for Brakes

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Brakes. 171 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Caliper included,
Shimano 105 BR-R7010 Direct Mount Brake Calliper reviews, Shimano 105 R7025 Hydraulic Disc Brake reviews, or we really liked the look of Shimano BL-MT501-BR-MT520 4 Pot Disc Brake reviews as another alternative.