Whenever we’re buying bikes, or cycle parts, accessories and clothing there are a number of things to check before we go ahead and buy, especially when shopping online. One of the most important factors is to make sure we read reviews of the product first. So today we’re checking out and reviewing the Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit from Chain Reaction Cycles to give you all of the key facts and figures that you need to help you decide if this is the perfect product from their Brake Cables category to suit you and your needs.

As with any review, you want to get a feel very quickly for how well it performed as there’s nothing worse than trawling through 30 minutes of review content to find that actually the product is a load of rubbish. Thankfully for you there’s 2 positives. 1. Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit isn’t rubbish, it actually scored very highly. And 2. we’ve given you four different scores below to give you a very quick flavour of how good Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit is. There is a massive range of choice in the Brake Cables category from Chain Reaction Cycles so it’s important to take your time reading these reviews to help you make sure you’re buying the best.

Quality

9.3

Price

9.7

Reviews

8.5

Overall

9.2

 

Latest Price: £52.45

Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit review

Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit reviews

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  • Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake KitJagwire’s Road Elite Link Brake Kit offers you the ultimate combination of durability and unique looks. Its compressionless links enhance your braking performance due to their ability to bend without kinking, ensuring your frame’s cable routing design doesn’t compromise cable movement. Also included are Jagwire’s Elite ultra-slick polished cables and slick-lube liners to ensure friction-free operation and enhanced braking modulation.Features: Compressionless link housing with extreme flexibility Links pre-installed on inner housing segments 50% lighter than traditional coiled steel outer; 30% lighter than Kevlar outer Durable, ultra-slick polished inner cables Aluminium housing won’t kink or rust Hose¬†Construction: Aluminium links with slick-lube liner Compatibility: SRAM/Shimano road Front Cable¬†Length: 850mm Rear Cable Length: 1,650mm Housing Length: 1,300mm (additional links and liners available separately) Cables: STS-EL Outside¬†Diameter: 5.0mm Contents: 1x 400mm link segment on 2,000mm lubed liner 1x 400mm link segment on 610mm lubed liner 1x 240mm link segment on 710mm lubed liner 1x 850mm Elite ultra-slick polished stainless front brake inner cable 1x 1,650mm Elite ultra-slick polished stainless front brake inner cable 26x extra links 2x CGX-SL brake housing segment, 300mm 2x open alloy end caps 2x adapter end caps to 5mm housing stop 2x adapter end caps to 5mm brake housing 2x colour-matched cable tips 7x mini tube tops 3x cable donuts 2x rotating hooks Technologies:Alloy Interconnecting Links: Aluminium, lightweight, lubricated links are a more efficient alternative to traditional compressionless housing as this system is made of nesting alloy pieces that protect the liner. Although this housing is typically more expensive, it has several advantages including increased flexibility, reduced weight, and increased durability. Both shift and brake housings use identical slick-lube liners and interconnecting alloy pieces.STS-EL Cables: These pre-stretched, highly polished, uncoated slick stainless steel spiral-bound cables deliver the ultimate low-friction performance and can be used with any housing and lubricant. These Elite level cables deliver incredibly accurate, smooth performance.Buy¬†Jagwire Components¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
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As with many cyclists, be it mountain bikers, BMX riders or road cyclists we want to take the time to make sure we get the best products. Where cycling is a passion for many we often invest a lot of our time and money into the hobby. And as we know, getting the right products can give us that small competitive advantage either over our actual competitors, our mates or even just beating our own goals. But because we do invest so much in our bikes and our equipment it’s really important to buy from recognised retailers, in our most recent search, we found many products available online for ridiculously (almost laughable) prices. They were just so low that alarm bells should instantly be ringing. That’s why we only recommend buying from the retailers that you really know and trust, names like Wiggle, Chain Reaction and Evans Cycles are just some of those that we use regularly. With these retailers you know you’re in safe hands and can expect great service, great returns policies and if anything was to go wrong great customer service under a warranty claim.

But onto the reason you’re here today, let’s delve into some of the details of Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit to help you understand a bit more about where it sits in the market against some of the many alternatives that are available out there. We’re very aware that by buying our cycling stuff online that we’ve missed out on the opportunity to actually see and test the product first. This is where reviews come in to their own, as it gives us that chance to hear from other like-minded cyclists about how good or bad a product is.

As you would expect, our first and top piece of advice before buying, is to read lots and lots of Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit reviews. With a review score of 8.5 out of 10 it’s likely that there will be lots of great detailed reviews to help you. And if you find that actually the reviews are suggesting Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit isn’t right for you then there will be tons and tons of other reviews for other products in the Brake Cables category. In fact we’ve got 88 products reviewed in this category alone.

Something that makes it particularly challenging is the vast range of choice, as mentioned above there are 88 products in the Brake Cables category. There are also 43 products from the brand Jagwire. And then getting into the specifics even more there are 12 products from Jagwire in the category “Brake Cables”.

So let’s take a look at the second most important decision making tool we can use when shopping online, price. Whether your goal is to just get the cheapest Brake Cables available, or to get the best quality at a reasonable price, there’s always going to be a need to do your research on price.

Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit price analysis

The first thing we do when looking at the price of any cycling equipment, be it the bike itself, or one of the many parts that make up a bike or even some of the clothing and accessories that go with it, is to run some price analysis to see who is selling it at the best price. (Note that as we pointed out earlier we will only look at retailers that we really trust and use regularly). The best price that we managed to find Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit was from Chain Reaction Cycles at just £52.45.

It’s then good to dig somewhat deeper into the price of the product by looking at average prices. To do this we looked at the average price you would pay for a product that fits within the Brake Cables category. When doing this, we found the average price of the 88 products in the Brake Cables category is £10.20. We also looked at the cheapest and most expensive options to give you an idea of where Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit sits. The most expensive we found was £52.45 and the cheapest we saw on our search was £1.49. With a price of £52.45, Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit is actually above average against the average price in this category.

We then wanted to look at the brand, Jagwire in a bit more detail. So one of our other important comparisons in our Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit review is analysing the price of products from Jagwire. During this search we discovered that the average price of a product from Jagwire was just £14.53, making Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit above average against the average prices. We also found that the most expensive product was £52.45, however the cheapest came in at £1.79.

We then thought that we should go into a little more detail and look more specifically at the prices you’d pay for products from the brand Jagwire that feature in the Brake Cables category. The average price of Jagwire products in the Brake Cables category is £22.01, the highest prices option we found was £52.45 and lowest was just £1.79. Taking into consideration the average price, Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit does actually come in above average, something worth considering when you do make your decision.

Taking all of that into account it’s pretty clear why Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit scored such a great price score of 9.7/10 and why it features as one of the top recommended products in the Brake Cables category.

Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit Reviews

So it’s clear from the key features and price analysis that we’ve run above why Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit is such a great product with such high scores. But you still need to spend the time looking through as many customer reviews as you can, it’s one of the most important (if not THE most important) steps to shopping online.

So your next step now is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read as many Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit reviews as you can. Just click the “View Reviews” button now. And if you go on to buy it, please drop us a line in the comments section, we’d love to hear your thoughts.

Summary

Jagwire Road Elite Link Brake Kit really is a great buy, and at a price of just £52.45 it has definitely earned the overall score of 9.2 out of 10 rating.