Typical, medium-duty, hydraulic brake system with front discs (red circuit) and rear drums (green circuit). Boost, or assist (blue circuit), is provided by an engine-driven pump, although the power ...

In hydraulic brake system, operating force applied to the brake pedal is delivered to the hydraulic unit which generates hydraulic pressure (using the Pascal’s law) for braking. Braking force is ...

One reason that today's vehicles are the safest in history is that, since 1968, all vehicles come equipped with dual brake systems to ensure that if one set of brakes fails, the other set can still ...

If you’re a bike geek and aren’t turned off by disc brakes, Cyclocross Magazine has a ton of cyclocross product news in store for you this week. At NAHBS 2013, we got our first up-close-and-personal ...

What is a hydraulic road brake? How well do they work? And how much do they weigh? A number of questions surround hydraulic road brakes in general and SRAM’s new models in particular. Here, BikeRadar ...

When we stopped at the TRP Brakes booth at the Outdoor Demo in Vegas before Interbike 2012, we inquired about the HyWire, the innovative hydraulic disc brake levers with TRP’s own electronic shifters ...

Your car's brake system is one of its most critical components. It should come as no surprise that the brake system is responsible for stopping your vehicle and keeping it stationary as long as your ...