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Avid BB5 Road Mechanical Disc Brake

Avid BB5 Road Mechanical Disc Brake

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Avid BB5 Road Mechanical Disc Brake

 

The Avid BB5 Road disc brakes are some of the best mechanical disc brakes on the market today. The Avid BB5 brakes are super reliable and offer compatibility with SRAM Red, Force, Rival, and Apex levers. The BB5 Tri-Align Caliper Positioning System (CPS) is easy to use for getting the perfect alignment. The strength of the Avid BB5 brakes will bring you peace of mind as you’re zipping down the road.

Specifications

  • For use with with short cable-pull levers
  • Mono-block caliper design has outboard pad adjustment
  • Spring tension is adjustable
  • Caliper has 74mm mounting bolt spacing; mounting adaptors are sold separately
  • Rotor is not included
  • Intended Use: Road, Cyclocross
  • Weight: tbd

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Overall rating: 3.5 / 5 from 2 reviews.

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Good in theory, ok in practice.

"Set up is the primary issue with these. Having the concave/convex washers sounds good, but they don’t really float freely enough and have their own imperfections that they sometimes take a “set,” thereby not allowing you to fine tune alighnment."

Rene N. (3/5)

Avid brakes

"My first for this Avid brakes Installation for the BB5 is easy , it brakes nicely when applied pressure on the brake lever."

MOHAMED P. (4/5)

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Overall rating: 3.5 / 5 from 2 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Summary topics

Review topics: [].

Review highlights

Reviews

Good in theory, ok in practice.

"Set up is the primary issue with these. Having the concave/convex washers sounds good, but they don’t really float freely enough and have their own imperfections that they sometimes take a “set,” thereby not allowing you to fine tune alighnment."

Rene N. (3/5)

Avid brakes

"My first for this Avid brakes Installation for the BB5 is easy , it brakes nicely when applied pressure on the brake lever."

MOHAMED P. (4/5)

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