This focus the winter bikes had on reliability even spawned their own events; the Reliability Ride. An early-season test of ...

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 ...

There aren’t many good reasons left not to spec air disc brakes, but drum brakes continue to out-sell discs. If you’re on the fence, here’s something to consider. Had the truck driven by Rogel ...

Motorsport has served as a proving ground for loads of new technologies that eventually make their way into the auto industry's consumer cars, and a new documentary shows exactly how that happened ...

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 ...

The advantages of disc brakes are well known to serious four-wheelers. Although discs have lessarea than comparable-application drums, they work better when hot and wet. Plus, discs are easier to ...

Serious hot rodders love vintage speed and high-performance equipment. When you look at the "wish lists" of nostalgia rodders, you'll find exotic parts like real "block letter" Edelbrock finned heads, ...

There seems to be no stopping the rollout of disc brakes. The stopping systems that emerged as an option for most OEMs around 2008 had become standard on steer axles by 2012, said Freightliner ...

Porsche's existing wheel hubs all used the drum brake as an integral part of the corner, mounting the wheel on its face in a "wide five" bolt pattern. Because of the company's engineering expertise ...

What are the advantages of disc brakes vs drums? For some, this question might seem obvious. But we want to go a little deeper than the typical surface-level analysis of disc vs drum brakes and maybe ...

Q Can you discuss the pros and cons of drum brakes vs. disc brakes, in terms of functionality and cost? It seems to me that with current manufacturing technology, disc brakes would be standard. I'm ...