Avid Juicy 5 Callipers compatibility?
04-22-23, 07:54 PM
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Avid Juicy 5 Callipers compatibility?
Hey all.
I am rebuilding a mountain bike for a friend, and am hoping to spend as little as possible. The bike is currently built with Avid Juicy 5 brakes. The callipers are in pretty good shape, but the levers have been bashed to heck. I have some SRAM Level T levers in the parts bin. Would they work with the Juicy 5s?
Thanks in advance!
I am rebuilding a mountain bike for a friend, and am hoping to spend as little as possible. The bike is currently built with Avid Juicy 5 brakes. The callipers are in pretty good shape, but the levers have been bashed to heck. I have some SRAM Level T levers in the parts bin. Would they work with the Juicy 5s?
Thanks in advance!
04-22-23, 08:38 PM
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Those are the worst brakes ever manufactured. Any inexpensive Shimano hydraulic disc setup will be a drastic improvement, assuming you like your friend.
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04-23-23, 07:11 PM
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Avoid old Avid and SRAM hydraulic brakes like the plague. As Polaris OBark said Shimano brakes would be a good improvement and even the low end stuff is likely to be better than some of those old SRAM brakes. Their new stuff is good, I wouldn't personally run it on any of my bikes but if I ever got a fully built bike that came with it I probably wouldn't jettison it right away.
