It’s not a secret that brakes are a crucial component of a mountain bike, but one of the most essential pieces of the brake system is the brake pads. Many of us have seen some seriously scary examples ...

Italian brake maker Brembo launches its first brake system for professional mountain biking. The 11-time men's downhill champion Specialized Bicycles Gravity Team will showcase the new setup during ...

SRAM describes their new Motive disc brakes as gravity-ready power at XC race weights. Powered by the same new mineral oil architecture that fuels SRAM’s most-powerful-ever Maven brakes, these new ...

All disc brakes, whether hydraulic or mechanical, operate in the same way, by pushing two disc brake pads against the sides of the rotor to slow or bring your bike to a halt. As with most things in ...

British start-up Skarper has unveiled a new e-bike conversion kit that uses a specially designed disc brake rotor to provide power to your bike. Most electric bike conversion kits are not easily ...

Normally, descents are my favorite part of mountain biking, when all that hard work getting to the top is rewarded with a singletrack rollercoaster. So I was perhaps a little grouchy when, on a ride ...