The bad news about road disc brakes? There isn’t any, really, as long as you avoid these five common mistakes that apply to any bike’s disc brake, shared by Nate Newton, a technical rep for SRAM. 1.

There are some things people never get over, even after the rest of the world moved on long ago: the Alamo; the Dodgers moving to Los Angeles; even the disappearance of the McRib. If you’re the sort ...

Road disc brakes offer reliable and confidence-inspiring braking power, even in wet conditions. And this is why once most riders switch to discs, they never return to rims brakes. But as reliable as ...

Almost two decades have passed since hydraulic disc brakes came to mountain bikes, and the technology is now ubiquitous on dirt. So it wasn’t a stretch to think that it would quickly make its way onto ...

The best mountain bike disc brakes will help you go faster. Sound like an oxymoron? Maybe, but it’s true. The fact is, if you know you can quickly and efficiently bring your speed under control, ...

We've included our buyer's guide to mountain bike disc brakes at the bottom of the article, which you should check out if you're considering upgrading your stoppers. Editor's note: we updated our best ...