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SRAM Apex Disc Brake Front Caliper

What the checker says14will not fit

Run variant by variant through the gravel bike builder’s own engine. Every sentence below is the checker’s, unedited. Nothing here says this part fits your bike; it says what it does and does not fit among the parts we hold.

Checked against 854 verified gravel bike parts in this catalog. 837 produced no finding of any kind.

Will not fit

  • Will not fiterror · Front RotorFront rotor too big for the caliper as recorded here: 203mm is larger than 180mm, the largest rotor size this catalog records for the SRAM Apex Disc Brake caliper. The caliper maker's own rotor chart is the place to check. The flat-mount system has no size-up bracket, so no adapter can step it up. On 4 of the 30 verified rotors in this catalog.

Rg brake fluid, Shifter/Brake Levers. 10 more findings from the same check, on up to 1 of the 17 verified shifter/brake levers each.

Rg brifter brake, Shifter/Brake Levers. 2 more findings from the same check, on up to 1 of the 17 verified shifter/brake levers each.

Rg brake rotor max, Front Rotor. 1 more finding from the same check, on up to 1 of the 30 verified rotors each.

Open a variant in the builder to see the ones that apply to your own parts.

The checker compares the dimensions listed in what we check, and what we don’t. “No conflicts found” means no conflict among those dimensions — not a guarantee that a build works. Errors mean it won’t fit; warnings mean it works but check; infos are notes.

$225.00 MSRP·300 g

What the maker states

Mount
flat-mount caliper
Pistons
2-piston caliper
Maximum rotor
Rotor up to 180 mm
Actuation
Hydraulic
Brake system
Disc-flat
Brake fluid
Brake fluid: dot
The rest of what the maker states1 stated·5 not published
  • Brake closed system: yes.

5 further fields the checker looks for are not published by SRAM, so we leave them blank rather than estimate them, and those 5 checks stay silent on this front caliper. They are excludes rotor, maximum rotor evidence, lever makers, design rotor thickness and design rotor thickness maximum. Each is recorded as “not stated by the maker (not checked)”.

Source: the maker’s page. Last checked 2026-07-20.

Checked against

The checker ran this model against every verified part below that it has a slot for, the same way it checks a build in the builder. What follows is the verdict it actually produced for that specific pairing — not a recommendation, and not a guarantee any of these parts fits your own bike.

6 of 497 counterparts with a page of their own that the checker actually probed this model against, in alphabetical order by brand and model — never by price, popularity or the verdict itself.

Where this sits

SRAM Apex Disc Brake is the first model on that list.Next: SRAM Apex AXS Flat Mount BrakeAll SRAM calipersOpen a variant in the builder to see the ones that apply to your own parts