A few weeks ago, professional road cycling’s tentative foray into the world of disc brakes came to an abrupt stop after Francisco Ventoso, a racer for Movistar, claimed to have suffered a gruesome, ...

Brake rotors are the metal discs inside your wheel well. They’re attached to the axle and are a part of your tire’s mounting ...

Your car's brake system is one of its most critical components. It should come as no surprise that the brake system is responsible for stopping your vehicle and keeping it stationary as long as your ...

Modern automotive disc brake designs share common features. The primary components are a rotor and caliper. The rotor attaches to the wheel hub and rotates at the same speed as the wheel and tire ...

The bad news about road disc brakes? There isn’t any, really, as long as you avoid these five common mistakes that apply to any bike’s disc brake, shared by Nate Newton, a technical rep for SRAM. 1.

Disc brakes used to be found mainly on the front wheels of vehicles, with drum brakes at the rear. Older vehicles use fixed-caliper brake systems in which one or two pistons on each side of the disc ...

Cars that can go faster, need the technology that can stop them quicker as well. The birth of brakes gave the power to stop in the driver's hand (or technically, the foot). Disc brakes added to the ...

Disc brakes resemble hand brakes on a bicycle, where pulling on the brake lever forces a plier-like device to squeeze rubber blocks against the rim of the wheel to stop the car. Drum brakes are a ...

With all the hoopla going on about the GM Brake Repair Litigation Settlement (on 1988 – 1993 Chevy Lumina, Buick Regal, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, and Pontiac Grand Prix automobiles), I thought I’d ...