A disc brake rotor is a component that mounts to the hub of a bicycle wheel and provides the braking surface in a disc brake system. Disc brake rotors come in a wide variety of sizes to suit different ...

When Kettle Cycles’ launched their Kickstarter project with the goal of creating a carbon-ceramic composite disc brake rotor, cyclocross tech geeks had a field day. After all, with the launch of disc ...

Reader writes: Swapping disc brake rotors is a pain — any reason why I shouldn’t use a drill to speed things along? The short answer to this question is no. The long answer is that you should be ...

The disc brake, as we know it, was first patented in 1902, but it failed to gain acceptance in the U.S. until the early 1960s when vacuum assist made the pedal effort acceptable for the driving public ...

Over the past 45 years I've performed brake jobs on everything from race cars to heavy-duty pickup trucks and motorcycles. While changing the brake shoes on a vehicle with drum brakes is more ...

The rotors they have been opting for are the Shimano RT-MT900 rotors from the brand's mountain-bike-focussed XTR range. This is instead of the SM-RT900 rotors that come part of the road-focussed ...

If there's anything Chevy mechanics have learned through the years it's that a Corvette is just a little bit harder to work on than a garden variety Chevrolet, and it's for a number of reasons: ...