Avid Full Metal Jacket

Review Date
August 15, 2009

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Reviewed by: DEride ,  Weekend Warrior , from Newark, DE, USA

Price Paid:  $30.00 at Ebay

Summary:
Ended up stripping the wiring and had to go buy other cables. Complete waste of money. You need to have really nice tools (mainly cutting equipment) to get them installed. I spent 2+ hours trying to install them and made a call to tech support (helped a little), when the cable got stipped I went and bought Shimano XTRs and had them installed and working in 20 minutes. They may work well if you can get them instaleld, but be ready for a headache with installation.

Review Date
October 26, 2007

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Reviewed by: Ryan (Unregistered User) ,  Cross Country Rider , from Elkader, IA

Price Paid:  $40.00 at jenson usa

Summary:
These are so nice. They took some time to get set-up but I zip tied everything well and you want to try to keep the sharp bends to a very minimum since that's what causes increased friction and harder braking. Since the stainless tubing has to be cut, use a pipecutter, not a hacksaw, for a precise fit. Then each joint gets covered with heatshrink tubing and seals the whole cable up nicely. Spend the time installing them correctly and you will love them too.

Similar Products Used:
Generic cables, Avid, Gore Ride-ons

Review Date
January 5, 2007

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Reviewed by: Ifestion Papadam(Unregistered User) ,  Downhiller , from Thessaloniki

Summary:
Recommended 100% for anyone who want's the extra perfomance and super feeling, believe me you will not regret it!!

Review Date
August 23, 2006

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Reviewed by: Lance Low(Unregistered User) ,  Downhiller , from Pleasanton, CA

Price Paid:  $30.00 at Pricepoint

Summary:
These cables work really well, but over time they do get damaged and bent if your a downhiller like i am, that is why i am switching to hydralic brakes. But for a cross country person they work well. Just a little expensive to replace alot.

Similar Products Used:
N/a

Review Date
March 25, 2006

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Reviewed by: James Jordan(Unregistered User) ,  Weekend Warrior , from Bonita Springs FL Lee County

Price Paid:  $30.00 at Price Point

Summary:
You can make this to be quite the braking system. DO NOT bend the tubing, it's too thin. But you can make elbows slightly with the ferrels and get a trick setup. I have one at the top tube and seat stay from the braze on boss, SS tube, small cable bend, and the run of SS tube parallel with seat stay and it's bosses/guides. The instructions are generic. Don't think you have to compromise your bikes lines to have this product. It's made to be cleaned up!

Similar Products Used:
OE cabling