It’s not a secret that brakes are a crucial component of a mountain bike, but one of the most essential pieces of the brake system is the brake pads. Many of us have seen some seriously scary examples ...

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Check out our guide to bleeding mountain bike brakes below. Max Ritter photo. Oh, the age-old question: why do my brakes not work? Hydraulic mountain bike disk brakes are probably the single most ...

For all the advances in suspension, frame building and wheel size, the brakes on your mountain bike are still perhaps the most important components. Why? Well, all the aforementioned things have ...

In our Tech Q&A series, we tackle readers’ mechanical dilemmas and upgrade questions with help from the BikeRadar team and trusted industry experts. This time, a reader wants to modernise a much-loved ...

After what seems like a geologic epoch, SRAM has an all-new mountain bike brake lineup. The new lineup is significant because it is more streamlined and represents a new direction for the brand. If ...

Our Editor fits SRAM’s Motive brakes to his Yeti ARC project bike to see if they really do offer their promised stopping power on the trails. The past 12 to 18 months have been incredibly busy ones in ...

Struggling with mushy or squeaky brakes? Learn how to diagnose issues and properly bleed your mountain bike brakes for top performance. Check out our guide to bleeding mountain bike brakes below. Max ...