Disc brakes are now in the majority on road bike builds, so here are the best mechanical and hydraulic options around When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

This article was originally published in the April 2012 issue ofCar Craftmagazine. The parts and prices reflect what was available at that time. While old muscle cars are cool, drum brakes are not.

Drum brakes have a bad reputation, and they’re usually the first things to hit the swap meet pile. Early C2 Corvettes were only available with drum brakes, but they worked adequately, thanks to larger ...

The debate about disc brake vs rim brakes is over. The ship sailed a few years ago and by now it's almost impossible to buy a new bike with rim brakes. Almost every option in our list of the best road ...

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 ...

Aircraft braking is a highly specialized system. After all, it is designed to stop enormous momentum safely and efficiently. Unlike car brakes, aircraft brakes must handle extreme forces during ...

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 ...

The last bastion has finally fallen. In 2025, for the first time, there will be no rim brakes on the WorldTour, across all of ...