Avid BB5 Road Ball Bearing Bicycle Disc Brake (160mm, Front or Rear)

by Avid

Product Features

• Mechanical disc brake systems
• Tool free pad replacement
• Inboard pad adjustment knob
• Post mount bracket included
• Replacement pad 12033

Product Description

Road version for use with short-pull (STI/drop/canti) brake levers (sold separately). Tri-Align Caliper Positioning System (CPS) for caliper/rotor alignment. Monoblok 1-piece caliper with Ball-Bearing cam mechanism . Addition of barrel-style pad/cable-tension adjuster at housing stop. Inboard pad adjuster knob and pad retraction for drag free setup . Tool-free pad adjustment and replacement (unique pad for BB-5). Includes: post mount (74mm) caliper with International-Standard (51mm) fork or frame adapter, Roundagon 6-bolt/44mm-BCD rotor, and BB-5 specific disc pads.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001E0TWXG
• Item model number: 00.5015.548.000
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #233,714 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #62 in Sports & Outdoors > Bikes & Accessories > Components & Parts > Brake Parts > Calipers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good price, great product, March 19, 2010

By 

Grant Burns "Gunmun" (Wheaton, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Avid BB5 Road Ball Bearing Bicycle Disc Brake (160mm, Front or Rear) (Sports)

If you want an inexpensive disc brake it is hard to beat the Avid BB5. The only difference from the BB7 is that the pads are a little less grabby on the BB5.

4.0 out of 5 stars Well built, good stopping power, November 5, 2010

By 

Eric (AZ) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Avid BB5 Road Ball Bearing Bicycle Disc Brake (160mm, Front or Rear) (Sports)

I'm not a hardcore cyclist, but maybe a little harder than the average dept. store bike rider. When I put a new fork on my Walmart bike, I needed a new brake as the "Sun" brand crapomatic disc brake that came with the bike wouldn't fit the new fork's beefier brake bracket.

Out comes the credit card, and a couple days later my Avid BB5 brake showed up. Packaged nicely, excellent quality and finish and fit on everything. Easy to install, overall everything about it has been very good.

MAKE SURE TO CLEAN THE DISC AFTER INSTALLING IT, AND BEFORE YOUR FIRST RIDE!

My experience with the original "Sun" disc on this bike was pretty bad.. useless when dirty, almost useless when clean. The Avid BB5 is still useless when dirty but holy cow it works awesome when it's clean!!!! Very good stopping power, very easy to lock up the front wheel on dry dirt or lift the rear tire while stopping on pavement, with just a little bit of pressure on the handle. If there is a better brake than this, I don't need it.

But it is sorta tedious to keep the disc clean, I guess that's true with any bicycle disc brake.