On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to ride with the TRP HY-RD hydraulic disc brake and the Spyre dual piston mechanical disc brake, both designed for road and cyclocross bikes. I shared my impressions ...

Almost a year ago, we did our first ride on the TRP Spyre dual piston mechanical disc brake and wrote this lengthy review, but quite a lot has changed in the last year. Unfortunately both the Spyre ...

When it comes to cars and car parts, a lot goes into sending you down the road and making sure you can come to a stop when you arrive at your destination. As you're probably aware, our vehicles rely ...

The disc brake has become an almost ubiquitous component of the modern car. There's a good reason for that... A disc brake is an assembly that provides stopping power by clamping brake pads against a ...

Avid's new four-piston X0 Trail hydraulic disc brake fills the gap in between the standard two-piston X0 and the more gravity oriented Code range. It's impressively powerful but still reasonably light ...

Why would anyone choose cable-actuated disc brakes in 2025? It’s a fair question. There’s a reason why hydraulic disc brakes have become the industry standard. Purely from a performance standpoint, ...

On a recent long ride in the Colorado mountains, the rear Shimano R785 hydraulic brake failed on the road bike I was riding as I was descending from 12,000ft to 9,000ft on a -5% paved road in traffic.

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 disc brake has become an almost ubiquitous component of the modern car. There's a good reason for that... A disc brake is an assembly that provides stopping power by clamping brake pads against a ...