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 ...

IGN knows one of the worst things about having a hot car is the amount of money you have to shell out each month to keep it. Small routine things like oil changes and stuff you should do yourself will ...

Disc brakes used to be found mainly on the front wheels of vehicles, with drum brakes at the rear. Today most passenger vehicles have disc brakes all around. Each brake has a flat steel disc — you ...

Traditionalists take note. Disc brakes are here to stay, at least for cyclocross. From pro-level models to the latest offerings for juniors, more and more bikes are coming equipped with discs. And ...

Could the North American trucking market be approaching a watershed moment with disc brake adoption? The heavy trucks and trailers of all kinds across the United States predominantly are wearing big ...

Many moons ago, this tech editor—when he was a feature Editor at Jp Magazine—wrote a story called "Drum to Disc. "It's an article about adapting some Ford and Chevy brake parts to add disc brakes to a ...

You can't escape friction. The force that resists motion between two objects that are in contact with one another exhibits itself all over the place: in between your engine's rod bearings and its ...

Modern cars may not use drum brakes, but they're more than tradition on semis - and the trucking industry's current climate ...

When it comes to the stopping power needed to halt a fully loaded tractor-trailer cruising at highway speeds, both air disc brakes (ADBs) and their S-cam drum brake brethren get the job done. But when ...

One of the hot topics for debate over the past few years has been road bike disc brakes. It was inevitable that the benefits of hydraulic discs brakes would eventually transition to road bikes. An ...