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Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
Power and Control in a deceptively simple package. Making brakes that slow down a bike is easy. But making them light, powerful, efficient, adjustable and ergonomically perfect for your hand takes a lot of experience and smart design. That's the stuff that Avid® makes look so easy.
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Customer Reviews for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
Review 1 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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Xtreem
City: Bitola
Country:Macedonia
Age:19-24
Level:Regular
Gender:Male
Budget:Value for money
Featured Review
Date:December 12, 2009
Solid brake lever
Pros: Adjustable, Comfortable, Great Value, High Quality
Cons: Limited Color Choices
"This is not your cheap plastic lever when you hit the lever against the wall or your bike falls, and then the tip just breaks. No. This is one solid lever in which you can adjust it as you like, and it's the stiffest lever that I've tried. Have been using it with BB5's and have been faultless since day one. For 1.5 year I haven't had any single problem with them."
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Review 2 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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paulturner
City: lampeter
Country:United Kingdom
Age:45-54
Interest:Cross Country MTB
Level:Regular
Gender:Male
Budget:Value for money
Mountain Biker
Date:May 9, 2012
Pros: Durable, Great Value, Attractive, Comfortable, High Quality, Rugged, Adjustable, Lightweight, Versatile, Good Fit
"Good solid handle positive feel.
light touch ,easy to fit ."
light touch ,easy to fit ."
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Review 3 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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tazminator
City: Middlesbrough
Country:United Kingdom
Age:45-54
Interest:Cross Country MTB
Level:Occasional
Gender:Male
Budget:Value for money
Mountain Biker
Date:April 17, 2012
Perfect replacements after accident
Pros: Great Value, Lightweight, Good Fit
"Got these to replace customers original Avid lever that got broken in a accident (car v bike). Customer well happy with replacements and for the price, I would recommend them as direct replacement levers."
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Review 4 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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AndyTriHarder
City: Lancashire
Country:United Kingdom
Age:35-44
Interest:Runner
Level:Regular
Gender:Male
Date:April 8, 2012
Simple and Straighforward
Pros: Great Value, Good Fit
"Bought these for a flat bar singlespeed build; they seem well made, easy to fit and do the job well."
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Review 5 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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PEff
Date:August 25, 2011
"Seemed to be 'out of stock' everywhere. Arrived very quickly via wiggle. Very pleased with item"
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Review 6 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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DRoberts
Country:United Kingdom
Age:25-34
Interest:Commuter
Level:Regular
Gender:Female
Budget:Value for money
Commuter
Date:June 22, 2011
Pros: Great Value, Attractive, Comfortable, High Quality, Lightweight, Good Fit
"Very light, easy to fit, and with a good mechanism for retaining the cable nipple. One minor weakness is that the spring isn't very powerful. I realise that most of the spring should come from the brakes themselves, but a little bit more power up at the lever-end would be useful for overcoming friction elsewhere in the braking system."
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Review 7 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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AlunJ
City: Newport
Country:United Kingdom
Age:19-24
Interest:Road Cyclist
Level:New to sport
Gender:Male
Budget:Value for money
Road Cyclist
Date:May 2, 2011
Pros: Great Value, Attractive, High Quality, Lightweight
"I bought these for my fixie commuter bike and for the price they're just the ticket, lightweight, feel strong and of a really good quality."
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Review 8 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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Stony
Date:April 15, 2011
Great buy
Pros: Great Value, Comfortable, Lightweight
"I was really pleased with the quality of these lever for the price. Very light and excellent braking and responsiveness."
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Review 9 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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Biketech
City: Portsmouth
Country:United Kingdom
Age:45-54
Interest:Road Cyclist
Level:Regular
Gender:Male
Road Cyclist
Date:March 5, 2011
Excellent value brake lever
Pros: Great Value, Comfortable, High Quality, Adjustable, Lightweight
"I bought these when I converted my commuter bike from racing to flat bar. There are more expensive levers out there but for basic functionality and price I don't think these can be beaten. They are very light weight and can be mounted on the bar either way round. The cable is easy to fit and there is plenty of adjustability for lever distance. Apart from the barrel adjustment for brake pad distance, that's it; but what else do you want. The lever is just the right length and shape and there is no discernible flex under heavy braking. Thoroughly recommended."
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Review 10 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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TheBadSeed
City: Colchester
Country:United Kingdom
Age:35-44
Interest:Road Cyclist
Level:Regular
Gender:Male
Road Cyclist
Date:January 26, 2011
So good I bought 2 sets
Pros: Durable, Rugged, Adjustable, Good Fit
"I purchased one set for my single speed trainer and then ended up buying another for my daughter's single speed uni hack. Nice reassuring clicking noise on release and work really well."
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Review 11 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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Shedrider
City: Leicester
Country:United Kingdom
Age:35-44
Interest:Commuter
Level:Regular
Gender:Male
Commuter
Date:January 4, 2011
Excellent value, easy to fit
Pros: Durable, Great Value, Adjustable, Good Fit
"They fitted nice and easily and they operate my canti brakes just fine. The instructions seem to indicat that they are only suitable for a limited number of brake types, and mine were not one of them, but it does not seem to stop them doing the job."
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Review 12 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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swaz
Date:December 3, 2010
good
"these are good for the price of them. Got them for my single speed project and they look the good and are awesome at actuating the brakes."
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Review 13 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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al8565
Country:New Zealand
Date:November 15, 2010
Great value
Pros: Durable, Great Value, Attractive, Comfortable
"Brought these to connect up to BB5 calipers, and they work a treat. A nice little upgrade over the stock brake levers that came with my bike. I don't think spending any more money would have gained anything for me."
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Review 14 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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RepoMan
Date:September 18, 2010
"Minimal design, easy to fit, easy to fit cables into. Seem well-built with no flex at all even under heavy braking."
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Review 15 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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ScottSquires
City: Melbourne
Country:Australia
Age:25-34
Interest:Commuter
Level:Advanced
Gender:Male
Commuter
Date:August 11, 2010
"Great levers!
Excellent quality, very nice feel and easy to set up!"
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Review 16 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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devdor
Date:July 31, 2010
Great value
Pros: Great Value, High Quality, Lightweight
"Put these on a Profile Airwing OS Aero Bar as part of a single-speed convertion of my old RockHopper. Bit of cajoaling required to get them round the bends but these are great quality levers for the money. Functional with suprisingly good braking power. Can't go wrong for the money."
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Review 17 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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Gravity
Date:July 7, 2010
Light and Lithe
Pros: Durable, Attractive, High Quality, Lightweight
"Purchased for a rebuilt XC/FR bike, to go with Avid BB7 mech-brakes.
These levers are a very fine quality, light and strong. Once hooked up to the calipers (w/ Shimano XTR brake cable kit) the most noticable difference was the effort it now takes to apply brake lock.
One finger braking under any conditions. Confidence inspiring and totally worth it."
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Review 18 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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atlaz
Date:February 20, 2010
"Slightly rattly but good value for the commuting hack bike. There's nothing fancy about them but they look decent and do the job."
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Review 19 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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UKNZAUSSIEguy
City: Sydney
Country:Australia
Age:35-44
Interest:Cross Country MTB
Level:Advanced
Gender:Male
Budget:Value for money
Mountain Biker
Date:November 29, 2009
I will buy these again - soon
Pros: Great Value, Lightweight, powerful, great sound yes i do mean sound
Cons: no cons as of yet
"these levers surprise in every way. For the money the quality, weight and stopping power are fantastic. I replaced a set of XTR's lever/shifter combo, stopping XTR V's and I was surprised by the improvement. The nicest things about this lever though is the the noise it makes when you release the lever. It makes a lovely "Tink" sound every time, very satisfying."
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Review 20 for Avid FR 5 Brake Levers
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MERAK
City: Valencia
Country:Spain
Age:35-44
Interest:Road Cyclist
Level:Regular
Gender:Male
Budget:Quality first
Road Cyclist
Date:November 5, 2009
Good lever for budget price .
Pros: Great Value, High Quality, Lightweight, Rugged
"Bought the FR5 levers as I upgraded from the Shimano V Brake 8 speed integrated lever with shifters. Better feel and braking with the new levers and light too. For the price I don´t think you can beat it and its still a quality product.Yes its a bit old fashioned design but works fine for commuting or regular riding . Used with my simple Tektro V Brake you can do stoppies if you need to and can brake with little effort. ..great buy"
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