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Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads review

We want to ensure that whether you’re spending £10K on a new lightweight race bike, £2 on a cycling water bottle or £9.74 on Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads, that you’re getting the very best you can get for your money. In today’s Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads review we’re going to look at why it scores 9.3/10 in our review and why we recommend it over many of the other 268 products in the Brake Pads category. We’ve started by giving you a top level score for each of the key areas when it comes to reviewing these products, these scores include a quality score, price score, review score and an overall score.






Quality

9.3

Price

9.5

Reviews

9.1

Overall

9.3

 

Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads reviews

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Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads Specification

Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads specs

Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads
Feature 1

Kevlar reinforced: Introducing Kevlar into the compound increases the frictional properties of the pad increasing performance

Other Brake Pads found with this feature: 2

Feature 2

Ceramic material: The coefficient of ceramic means that introduced to the disc pad material the frictional properties are higher in wet conditions

Other Brake Pads found with this feature: 2

Feature 3

Red & Yellow Copper: Materials with different densities are used to create a balance in braking performance, so performance is maintained during low & high speed riding

Other Brake Pads found with this feature: 2

Feature 4

Improved Heat Dissipation: The uniquely designed backing plate increases the surface area of the plate allowing heat to be dissipated quicker. The grooves also reducing the contact area therefore slowing the transference of heat between pad and caliper

Other Brake Pads found with this feature: 2

Feature 5

Durability: These features combined giving a 35%-45% increase in durability compared to a standard sintered pad

Other Brake Pads found with this feature: 2

Spec 1

Option: Semi-Metallic

Other Brake Pads found with this spec: 2

Price

£9.74

Number of Reviews

22

Review Score

3.6 / 5

Average score in category: 4.2

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  • Clarks Avid Elixir/DB Elite Disc Brake Pads. Clarks semi metallic compound for ultimate performance in all conditions. Engineered around the requirements for Free Ride and Downhill cycling Engineered around the principle that by reducing the build up of heat you reduce the affects which can include brake fade. The VRS range of products incorporate all the features required by the serious cyclist in all riding conditions. The compound has been developed to also give significant improvements in durability and is CEN, REAch and ROHS compliant Clarks Avid Elixir CR/R Disc Brake Pads – Elite Features: . Kevlar reinforced: Introducing Kevlar into the compound increases the frictional properties of the pad increasing performanceCeramic material: The coefficient of ceramic means that introduced to the disc pad material the frictional properties are higher in wet conditionsRed & Yellow Copper: Materials with different densities are used to create a balance in braking performance, so performance is maintained during low & high speed ridingImproved Heat Dissipation: The uniquely designed backing plate increases the surface area of the plate allowing heat to be dissipated quicker. The grooves also reducing the contact area therefore slowing the transference of heat between pad and caliper Durability: These features combined giving a 35%-45% increase in durability compared to a standard sintered pad Clarks Avid Elixir CR/R Disc Brake Pads – Elite Specification: . Pads designed to fit the Avid Elixir CR/R brake system Buy Clarks Component from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Product codes: 5021646013570
  • VRS841-TW/2

No matter what type of bike product your buying, from the simple accessories through to the full setup of your custom built road bike, there are lots of important considerations that you should take into account, especially when you’re shopping online and unable to test the product first. This is especially true when you’re buying products like Brake Pads.

Our aim is simple, help you get the very best products for your budget. Whether that’s Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads or an alternative, we’ll do our best to find you unbiased, genuine customer reviews to help you make your decision. We’ve found 268 different products in the Brake Pads category at Chain Reaction Cycles and we’ve also managed to find 121 products from Clarks (although only 51 of the 121 are in the Brake Pads category).

Our first piece of advice is for you to spend some time really getting to know what it is you’re looking for. An important feature for one person might be totally pointless and irrelevant to you, so get a good idea of what you want and need from your Brake Pads. Note down this list of key features that your product must have, that way when you’re comparing alternatives you have a starting point to decide whether one product meets your needs or not.

Price is the next and probably one of the most important factors of a purchase, so it’s really worthwhile spending a bit of time analysing the price of Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads and seeing how it stacks up against those offered by different brands or even other alternatives from Clarks. Below we’re going to get into the detail of Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads to help you see how the prices stack up.

We start this price analysis by looking at the price you can expect to pay for Brake Pads. There are 268 different products available at Chain Reaction Cycles, and of those 268, the average price is £11.84. There’s quite a variance in price in this category too with the lowest priced product we found at £1.49 and most expensive was £54.27.

The next stage we went on to, was to look at the price of products from the brand: Clarks. The average price was £7.75 and we found that the price varies right from as little as £0.49 up to £68.99 with Clarks products.

And finally we thought it would be good to give you an idea of Clarks products that appear specifically in the Brake Pads category. So you can see that the price of Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads at £9.74 is great value considering the average price of Clarks Brake Pads is £4.62 and the price varies from £1.49.

It’s also worth bearing in mind that we managed to find Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads during our price scan of several cycle retailers, for the amazing price of £9.74 which represents a £3.25 or 25% saving against RRP. If you think Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads ticks all of your boxes in terms of quality and features then it’s more than likely going to be a winner bearing in mind the price.

Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads Reviews

Reviews are obviously a key part of the buying process when buying any cycle gear, and that goes for Brake Pads too. Reading reviews if going to be the closest insight you get into how good Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads is, without actually trying or buying it. Over at Chain Reaction Cycles we managed to find 22 reviews scoring it 3.6 out of 5. That’s a great result considering the price and quality and the fact that it’s a product made by Clarks. In fact when you consider those points and combine it with the fact that the average review score in the Brake Pads category is 4.2 and the average score of products from Clarks is 4.0 it’s a steal. And actually, if you look specifically at products from Clarks in the Brake Pads category the average review score is 3.9.

That’s why you can see it was easy for us to give Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads such a high overall score of 9.3 / 10. It seems to have the perfect combination of features, quality and price making it a great all-rounder.

So our last piece of advice that we can offer is to take your time reading plenty of reviews now, you can see that there are 22 reviews for Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads which score it 3.6, so it’s really worth spending a few minutes reading through lots of these to see what the key advantages or dislikes are. It will really reassure you when you come to buying online.

If you do go on to buy Clarks Avid Elixir-DB Elite Disc Brake Pads or in fact any of the other Brake Pads, we would love to hear from you. Sharing your views will really help us to write more comprehensive reviews and we will share these thoughts with customers just like you that are looking to read reviews before they commit to buying.