Disc Brakes. Quickly taking the world by storm, the disc brake fixes the most significant flaws of the rim brake, but it isn’t without problems.

Disc brakes started to appear on road bikes in the early 2010s and have since taken hold across the segment (Image credit: Trek bicycles) Disc brakes and rim brakes explained.

Rim brakes lost, disc brakes won. While discs have been the standard on mountain bikes since the nineties, the decisive moment came in 2018, when the UCI, the world governing body of cycling ...

When it comes to disc brakes, this is as simple as it gets, which is why you’ll find mechanical disc brakes on most budget e-bikes. Until recently, it was common for e-bikes priced at below ...