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Avid FR-5 Brake Lever

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Avid FR-5 Brake Lever
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Average Rating: 3 out of 5
No. of Reviews: 2
RRP: £29.99
Year: 2005

Description:

Forged Aluminium Handle, lightweight and strong.

Adjustable Leverage, dual position without the use of tools.

Compact Length, allows 1 or 2 finger use.

Bend Zone designed to bend the handle, not damage the body.

Reach Adjuster.

Fits any sized hand.

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Mike Griffin

Posted: 17/02/07

'LIGHTWEIGHT BUT EASILY BROKEN.'

Strengths:
Very light.

Weaknesses:
Very brittle.

Overall:
MTB components need to be fairly robust. These levers aren't. I slipped on a rock whilst getting back on the bike during a 100km enduro and the bike fell, without my weight on it, and snapped a lever on a rock. Game over. On examination of the snapped end, it looks like the very light, brittle, almost ceramic-looking white metal alloys that some novelty toys used to be made of. Go for something a bit more solid unless you're confident about never falling off.